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.
