- tripartite analysis of knowledge is
1)belief 2) truth 3) justified
-pojman; the truth of a belief has to be
justified in the right way
-the gettier problem is a problem for a) the
correspomdence theory of truth
b) the tripatite analysis of knowledge
-problem: some beliefs don't seem intuitivley
to be knowable
1)belief b justifies belief a but belief b is
unjustified then so is a
2)infinite justification: pojman; this
requires an infinite set of beliefs
impossible for a finite mind:(don't need an
infinite set just need the poss. of going on
and on-stop where practicle
3)circular justification or coherentism says
if a circle is big enough if brings
justification
4) foundational belief ( self justfying)
foundationalism descartes aristotle, plato,
locke, berkeley, hume(?)
-rationalists on foundationists- foundation
is logic & math
-empiricists on foundarionalists-add things
"evident to the senses"
-to be in foundation(for classical ism) has
to be infallible, incorigible, self-evident,
indubiable necessary truths basic