Sometimes You Just Cannot Know It has been suggested that knowledge is justified, true belief. In other words, in order to know something, you must be able to justify how you know. So, belief is only knowledge if your belief can be supported by any evidence regarding the truth of the premises. This idea comes from Plato’s “Theaetetus” and explored again in Russell’s “Problems of Philosophy.” Furthermore, it is examined in Gettiers “Is Justified, True Belief Knowledge?” Most things, such as knowledge…
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