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The Gettier Problem

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State

Gettier's 1963 objection: justified true belief is not sufficient for knowledge, because justification and truth can connect by luck.

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A stopped clock reads 2:00. You glance at it at exactly 2:00 and form a true belief. Justified, true—and still, few would call it knowledge.