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philosophy

Knowledge as Justified True Belief

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In the discipline of philosophy , knowledge has traditionally been defined as justified , true belief . Justification for knowledge means in its most basic sense , that one has a reason - or rather , is justified - to believe what one believes . For example , if I claim to know that I am wearing a red shirt , I may find justification in the fact that when I look in the mirror , I see a red shirt on my body . The truth condition of knowledge points out that in to claim

knowledge about something , that thing cannot be false . I may believe that a certain car can drive 100 miles on one gallon of gas , but unless it is true that the car can actually do this , I cannot claim to know that the car has this feature . Lastly , belief is a prerequisite to any knowledge claim insofar as a person cannot know something without believing it : it would be nonsense to say I know my hair is blue if I don 't believe this or if I were to believe a contrary , such as my hair is black

With these three criteria it is easy to give an example of what it looks like to have knowledge . For example , take the knowledge claim I know that the capitol of Minnesota is St . Paul . I could be justified in believing this because I have learned it from my teachers , I have seen St . Paul on a map of...

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