Original scientific paper

Is The Standard Definition of Knowledge Incomplete?

Anguel S. Stefanov ; Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to suggest a new interpretation to the Gettier problem by showing that the standard JTB definition of knowledge is not epistemologically incomplete, being at the same time formally incomplete. The Gettier problem is shown to emerge through the implicit self application of the JTB definition of knowledge to prove its own incompleteness. A conclusion is drawn, which runs counter to the traditional view that the problem necessarily requires a conceptual amendment of the standard definition, in spite of the formal incompleteness of the latter. The Gettier problem is construed to be related to the ancient Meno problem within a contemporary justificational discourse.

Keywords

JTB definition of knowledge; Gettier problem; Meno problem, justification; self-application

Hrčak ID:

180026

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/180026

Publication date:

11.4.2016.

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