Gettier problem

English

Etymology

Attributed to American philosopher Edmund Gettier.

Noun

Gettier problem (plural Gettier problems)

1. (philosophy) The epistemological problem that a description of knowledge as “justified true belief” is not adequate: there are counterexamples where a person has justified true belief of something and yet does not know it to be true.

Related terms

• Gettier case
• Gettiered
• Gettierian
• Gettier intuition

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: Gettierin ongelma
• German: Gettier-Problem n
• Polish: problem Gettiera m