The Gettier Problem and why it Ruined Epistemology.

In this episode I discuss Plato's definition of Knowledge and the problem that Edmund Gettier found within it. We also glance at a few different solutions to the problem by philosophers like Alvin Goldman, Keith Lehrer and René Descartes. This problem is still very much present in modern epistemology.

References:
Plato, Theaetetus, Meno
Gettier, Edmund: Is justified true belief knowledge?

#philosophy #learning #logic

[guilhermesimoes]

Thank you for the explanation!! I was really struggling to understand Gettier's point, while understanding what he was elaborating, until you talked about Goldman, and only there I could find some relatabilty :)) Thank for explaining everything so consisely and effectivly, this should absolutely get more views!!

[MonacoBlast]

I think after Descartes, the discussion and debate as to the definition of knowledge becomes overly complicated. The casual connections mandated by Goldman mean nothing if we can't even trust our perceptions to give us an accurate representation of the external world. A theory of knowledge must begin with un understanding of the limitations of the knower. That which we think we know is always filtered by the mind.

[Smx.network]

Lucky to have discovered this channel.