Gettier problem

English

Etymology

Attributed to American philosopher Edmund Gettier.

Proper noun

Gettier problem

  1. (philosophy) The epistemological problem that a description of knowledge as "justified true belief" is not adequate: there are counterexamples where an individual has justified true belief of something and yet does not know it to be true.
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