Re: Knowledge-related roots in sabyuk

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> The difference is that a speaker uses |Gop|
> when s/he considers the thought content to be true and
> justified ( English use of 'know' ),
What about Gettier counterexamples?

Four men set sail from Boston on 8 November 1918 with the justified
false belief that the War in Europe was over (reports to that effect
had been circulated in the newspapers).  They arrived in Bermuda
four days later with no further information, but now their belief
was true.  However, it did not count as knowledge, because the
justification and truth were entirely independent of each other.

The following four rules explain knowledge:

X knows p if and only if:

1) X believes p;

2) p is true;

3) if X weren't true, P wouldn't believe it;

4) if X were true, P would believe it.

--
John Cowan                                   jcowan@reutershealth.com
        "You need a change: try Canada"  "You need a change: try China"
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