Philosophy / Unit 2 Philosophy 0046 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Justified True Belief Analysis
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The idea
The classical analysis: a person knows a proposition when they believe it, it is true, and the belief is justified—three conditions, together sufficient.
In practice
A juror who believes the defendant guilty, on strong evidence, when he is guilty, would count as knowing it.
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