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Apr 04, 2005 20:51

Philosophy is going to Kill me, 1500 words on a theory that Plato invented, that knowledge can be defined as justified true belief. Meaning you can only know something if and only if: It is true, you believe it is true and that you believe that it is justified ( Read more... )

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vaguefusion April 5 2005, 05:58:12 UTC
That make sense. Just include some universal examples and historical evidence then you should be sweet.

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celestial_thief April 5 2005, 10:52:03 UTC
Yeah it makes sense, and it would be that easy if it weren't for a guy called Edmund Gettier, who wrote a paper proving this theory wrong. Now its being argued and people are trying to prove gettier wrong but they can't so its all fucked up.

I only have 500ish words left I will survive

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