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true-justified-belief
The classical epistemological notion that knowledge consists of beliefs that are both true and justified, which this chapter critiques and refines.
1 chapter across 1 book
Epistemology: An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (2003)Nicholas Rescher
Chapter 1
Chapter 1 critically examines the traditional definition of knowledge as true justified belief, highlighting the inadequacies through Gettier-style counterexamples that show true and justified belief does not necessarily constitute knowledge. It emphasizes the necessity of appropriate justification, where the believer's grounds must be both subjectively and objectively adequate, and discusses distinctions in propositional knowledge and the practical use conditions of knowledge claims in everyday discourse.