THE TRIPARTITE DEFINITION OF KNOWLEDGE

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Created on: 02-03-20 20:41

What does JTB mean?

Justified True Belief

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What does Smith believe about the person who will get the job?

That they will have 10 coins in their pocket.

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Is Smith correct? How/Why?

Smith is correct as he sees that he also had 10 coins in his pocket that he was unaware of. It is clear that this was simply luck and not knowledge.

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What does this story show in relation to JTB?

The tripartite definition of knowledge is not sufficient enough.

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What is added to JTB to help define knowledge?

No false lemmas. This means that knowledge cannot be inferred from anything false.

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How does this impact the Smith and Jones story?

Smith's belief was built on a false lemma - Jones did not get offered the job.

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In what way does Henry in barn county have knowledge according to JTB+N when he sees the real barn?

The belief is completely justified and it is true. The belief is not inferred from any false information, technically meaning that Henry has knowledge.

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Does Henry really have knowledge?

No. Once again Henry only has knowledge because he got lucky and simply happened to be correct.

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What does Smith believe about the person who will get the job?

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That they will have 10 coins in their pocket.

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