Gettier Problem

• Published by Edmund Gettier
• Challenges justified true belief with regards to knowledge
  • Justified true belief is not sufficient for knowledge

Responses

• Perhaps we need to increase the bar for justification
  1. Require certainty or perfect evidence
     • This is incredibly hard to do
     • Rules out anything we don't know without absolute certainty
  2. No false steps allowed
  3. Add a fourth condition
     • That there does not exist any evidence that, if discovered, would give you a reason to overturn your belief
  4. Lower the bar for knowledge
     • Allow for epistemic luck

Philosophy