In this episode we add to the conversation from Ep 21, so it might make sense to listen not that one first, where I ask "what does it mean to be educated?"
How do we define knowledge? Some might say to know is to have a "true justified belief", but Gettier problems are a challenge to that definition. First posited by Edmund Gettier and published in 1963, they have kept epistemologists busy for a while. So in this episode I attempt to pick apart the mechanisms that make a gettier problem and give my interpretation of why they may appear to fit the JTB definition, but rarely count as knowledge.
And yes, I do relate this to gender at the end.... as ever!
if you have any thoughts or ideas as ever email me at
Sarah@stubbornlyoptimistic.me
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Edmund Gettier
https://www.iep.utm.edu/gettier/
If you would like to watch the full version of Oliver Thorns video that I link in the show you can find that at this link:
https://youtu.be/TXlqJvHxVdM
The article I reference from Dr Rachel McKinnon, Professor of Philosophy is:
"It’s Better to be Lucky Than Good: Luck and Norms"
Rachel McKinnon
Routledge Handbook on Luck
https://www.rachelmckinnon.com
https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-the-Philosophy-and-Psychology-of-Luck/Church-Hartman/p/book/9780815366591
