Gettier type counterexamples to the tripartite definition show that knowledge requires more than the traditional subjective justification (internal, normative and fallible). Objective justification (external, factual and entailing truth) is also needed. The latter can be seen as a fourth condition, or as a component of justification understood as including both the subjective and the objective component. A belief is objectively justified when it is brought about by a chain (possibly not merely causal) whereby not just the belief, but also each intermediate link in all relevant contexts is normally directly or indirectly brought about only by the truth-maker.
Subjective and Objective Justification in the solution to Gettier’s Problem
ALAI, MARIO
2011
Abstract
Gettier type counterexamples to the tripartite definition show that knowledge requires more than the traditional subjective justification (internal, normative and fallible). Objective justification (external, factual and entailing truth) is also needed. The latter can be seen as a fourth condition, or as a component of justification understood as including both the subjective and the objective component. A belief is objectively justified when it is brought about by a chain (possibly not merely causal) whereby not just the belief, but also each intermediate link in all relevant contexts is normally directly or indirectly brought about only by the truth-maker.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
