“Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?” (The Gettier Problem) Background Epistemology: A theory of _____________ What do we mean when we claim to know something? What kinds of conditions must be satisfied in order for a claim to become knowledge? Note: we are interested in __________________ knowledge here (S knows that p)‚ not knowledge of how to do things (e.g.‚ knowing how to ride a bike) The tripartite theory of knowledge – knowledge as justified true belief (JTB) The truth condition We
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ARA Ş TIRM A / ORIGINAL ARTICL E Gülhane Tıp Derg 2011; 53: 17-25 © Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi 2011 Investigation of the frequency of testicular self examination performance in young adult males Ercan Göçgeldi (*)‚ Necmettin Koçak (**)‚ Serdar Ulus (**)‚ Cenk Yeğiner (**)‚ Şeref Başal (***) SUMMARY Testicular tumors are the second most frequently observed malignancy after leukemia in the age group of 20-35 in men. The rate of a 5-year survey is 99.9% with early diagnosis. Awareness of
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Can knowledge be bad? Yes because knowledge such as can be bad: - atomic weapon - Smoking - Stem cell research - Cloning - Drugs - Sex knowledge - Kill - Lie Knowledge can perceive to be bad when it makes us narrow-minded reject new truths. I feel that it will cause a person to become narrow-minded by their current belief. Our current knowledge/belief can cause us to reject new information/idea and so our education and knowledge that we have learnt might turn out to be
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friends about dating and she said "the knowledge that he’s going out with her is painful enough." This got me thinking. Is it knowledge itself that is harmful and that we should not seek/know‚ or is knowledge impartial and it is the person that is harmful or construes the knowledge as harmful? In order to answer this question‚ I first asked myself: what is knowledge? While the question is remarkably broad‚ I simply took a simple definition and considered it: knowledge is a body of truths or facts gained
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Examinations good or bad The news that mid-term exams have been cancelled in some primary schools recently has sparked quite a few controversies. Some people regard it as a big step in educational reform‚ while others question whether it is on the right track. Parents‚ teachers and students‚ the three parts involved‚ have all reacted a little bit pessimistically toward the new policy. Parents‚ always busy working to support their families‚ feel that they are losing an important quantified judgment
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ARE EXAMINATIONS A TRUE TEST OF ONE’S ABILITY? Indeed examinations are regarded by the teachers and other prominent intellectuals as a test of merit .Students prepare for the examinations‚ days and months in advance. The day of the examination is always awaited with a mixed feeling. There is a fear of facing a tough paper and there is also a sense of relief to know that once the papers are over‚ there can be enough time to play and enjoy. Examinations are a bug-bear. They are like electric shocks
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You can capture the present by using cameras and diaries‚ but they become past as soon as they are created. The past resists of memories‚ and once they have turned into memories‚ it is too late to correct. This is also why it is a shame that people tend to live in the past and the future‚ instead of living in the moment now‚ and now‚ and now… The young girl is looking straight ahead at the other side of the road – that is her goal. She only has to take one step after another‚ and then she can manage
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Edmund Gettier challenged the classical analysis of knowledge as justified true belief‚ demonstrating two cases where a true and justified belief is held‚ but not necessarily knowledge - Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? (1963). Showing that justification is insufficient for demarcating mere true beliefs from knowledge as belief and truth can correlate by luck. In what follows‚ section-one will outline the classical analysis of knowledge and Gettier’s challenge to it‚ focusing on Gettier’s first
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THE TERRORS THAT FLY BY NIHGT It all started one night as I was on duty at La Loma Luz hospital‚ in my home Country Belize‚ Central America. I was doing some paper work‚ about 2:30 A.M. I heard Someone called ‘Nurse‚ nurse’; I turned towards where the sound was coming from. A room to My left was empty and had been locked with a key for a couple weeks. I heard it unlock and saw It opened‚ I sat there transfixed for a brief moment‚ and then I prayed. I spoke towards
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teachable‚ it must be knowledge. However‚ since there are no teachers and students of virtue‚ virtue must not be taught. So they think that virtue is not knowledge. And then they start the discussion on what is true belief and knowledge. In this essay‚ I would evaluate Socrates’s explanation on why knowledge is better than mere true belief and the reasons that I agree with Socrates’s proposition. Socrates’s explanation To begin with‚ Socrates first questions whether true belief is something no
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