Edmund Gettier
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Edmund Gettier was an American philosopher best known for his 1963 paper that challenged the traditional "justified true belief" definition of knowledge and sparked extensive debate in epistemology.
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| Edmund Gettier canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
American philosopher
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human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | philosophy ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
analytic epistemology
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philosophy of knowledge ⓘ theory of justification ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| familyName | Gettier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
analytic philosophy
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epistemology ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical essay ⓘ |
| givenName | Edmund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
development of alternative analyses of knowledge
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rejection of simple justified true belief analysis of knowledge ⓘ |
| impact |
became central reference point in epistemology courses
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led to proliferation of proposed definitions of knowledge ⓘ sparked extensive debate in epistemology after 1963 ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary debates about knowledge
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contextualism in epistemology ⓘ epistemology of the 20th century ⓘ externalist theories of knowledge ⓘ reliabilism in epistemology ⓘ safety-based accounts of knowledge ⓘ sensitivity-based accounts of knowledge ⓘ virtue epistemology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | traditional justified true belief analysis of knowledge ⓘ |
| knownFor |
1963 paper "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?"
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Gettier problem NERFINISHED ⓘ critique of justified true belief definition of knowledge ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
analysis of knowledge
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epistemic justification ⓘ nature of knowledge ⓘ |
| name | Edmund Gettier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Gettier case
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Gettier counterexample NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | philosopher ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Gettier literature in epistemology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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