1.1.2 Critiques of the tripartite view

Cards (11)

  • Gettier problems demonstrate that a belief can be true and justified but not constitute knowledge due to luck.

    True
  • Challenges to justification question whether justification alone is sufficient to convert true belief into knowledge.

    True
  • What is one issue that challenges the reliability of justification processes?
    Luck
  • Reliabilism avoids Gettier cases by focusing on the source of knowledge
  • The tripartite view defines knowledge as justified true belief
  • What is the primary reason Gettier problems prevent justified true belief from being considered knowledge?
    Luck
  • Gettier problems challenge the JTB definition of knowledge by showing that a belief can be true by chance
  • Match the alternative theory with its key principle:
    Reliabilism ↔️ Justification based on reliable processes
    Contextualism ↔️ Justification varies by context
    Virtue Epistemology ↔️ Knowledge arises from intellectual virtues
  • The critiques of the tripartite view challenge its adequacy
  • Match the critique with its example:
    Gettier Problems ↔️ Believing a lottery ticket will win by chance
    Challenges to Justification ↔️ Relying on hearsay for justification
  • Counterarguments to Gettier problems often add a 'no false lemmas