Knowledge before Gettier |
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| Authors: | Pierre Le Morvan |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Philosophy, Religion, and Classical Studies, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, USA |
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| Abstract: | According to a historical claim oft-repeated by contemporary epistemologists, the ‘traditional’ conception of knowledge prevailed in Western philosophy prior to the publication in 1963 of Edmund’s Gettier’s famous three-page article ‘Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?’. On this conception, knowledge consists of justified true belief. In this article, I critically consider evidence for and against this historical claim, and conclude with a puzzle concerning its widespread acceptance. |
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| Keywords: | Knowledge justified true belief Gettier Gettier Problem |
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