Logos and episteme
Marcoen J.T.F. CABBOLET ABSTRACT: Recently, Boongaling argued in Logos & Episteme 16 (3), 351-355 (2025) that the JTB+S definition of knowledge, introduced as a solution to the Gettier problem in Logos & Episteme 15 (4), 385-387 (2024), neither solves the Gettier problem nor provides an acceptable account of knowledge. We show that Boongaling’s counterargument, while logically correct, fails by showing …
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THE JTB+S DEFINITION OF KNOWLEDGE: SOLVING GETTIER’S PROBLEM (pages 385-387)
Marcoen J.T.F. CABBOLET ABSTRACT: The JTB definition of knowledge has been shown by Gettier to be incomplete: its three conditions are necessary for knowledge, but not sufficient. We argue that the JTB definition can be completed with a very simple fourth condition, namely that the justification for the belief in p must be sufficient to exclude ¬p. It is shown …
Read More »A PHENOMENOLOGICAL SOLUTION TO GETTIER’S PROBLEM (pages 25-31)
Mohsen HASANNEZHAD ABSTRACT: In “Is Justified True Belief, Knowledge?” Gettier shows us two counter examples of analyzing Knowledge, as “Justified True Belief” or “JTB”. Lots of scholars have reconstructed similar counter examples to JTB but we can see they follow a similar algorithm. Other scholars have tried to re-analyze knowledge by adding a fourth element to JTB and reformulating knowledge …
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