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Perspective voyage · 1963

Gettier — When truth and justification meet by luck

If truth, belief, and reasonable justification are all present but their connection is accidental, is it knowledge?

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Gettier's paper appeared in June 1963 in Analysis, volume 23, issue 6, pages 121–123.

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  • Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?

    Edmund L. Gettier · 1963 · Analysis 23(6), 121–123

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1963 CE · June 1963

Gettier's short paper appears in Analysis.

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