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Gettier Case
By Niv Elbaz and Girard Soriano
What is a Gettier Case
 First presented in three page paper in 1963 by Edmund
  Gettier

 A Gettier case is a thought experiment that repudiates
  a definition of knowledge as justified true belief (JTB)

 Meaning that in a certain scenario a person who
  believes in something and justifies it to be true may not
  always call it Knowledge
Examples Of Gettier Case
 Some very common examples are creations that
  people have made going from the extent of Facebook
  to the creation of the sandwich

 These creations were accidents while the person who
  made theses creations had JTB he or she did not have
  knowledge since the creation was an accident.
Examples Continued
 Another form of a Gettier case is seeing something that
  is there and then logically calculating what it may be
  and by accident getting it right.
 An example of this would be “The Cow in the Field”
  experiment where the farmer looks for his cow on his
  field. He sees a black and white creature on the field
  and theorizes that it is his cow. Coincidently he was
  correct but it was based off luck no true justification. So
  therefore the farmer cant truly claim to know his cow is
  on the field since he didn't’t justify it.

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What is a Gettier Case - Understanding the Thought Experiment That Repudiates JTB as the Definition of Knowledge

  • 1. Gettier Case By Niv Elbaz and Girard Soriano
  • 2. What is a Gettier Case  First presented in three page paper in 1963 by Edmund Gettier  A Gettier case is a thought experiment that repudiates a definition of knowledge as justified true belief (JTB)  Meaning that in a certain scenario a person who believes in something and justifies it to be true may not always call it Knowledge
  • 3. Examples Of Gettier Case  Some very common examples are creations that people have made going from the extent of Facebook to the creation of the sandwich  These creations were accidents while the person who made theses creations had JTB he or she did not have knowledge since the creation was an accident.
  • 4. Examples Continued  Another form of a Gettier case is seeing something that is there and then logically calculating what it may be and by accident getting it right.  An example of this would be “The Cow in the Field” experiment where the farmer looks for his cow on his field. He sees a black and white creature on the field and theorizes that it is his cow. Coincidently he was correct but it was based off luck no true justification. So therefore the farmer cant truly claim to know his cow is on the field since he didn't’t justify it.