The Gettier Problem:
Justified True Belief?

Elmo M Recio

PHIL 221 - Epistemology
Department of Philosophy
College of Arts and Sciences
Drexel University

Abstract:

What is the ``Gettier Problem''? In the course of this paper we will address the Justified True Belief theory of knowledge; the difficulty raised for this theory via Gettier-style examples; and the prospects (or lack of same) for revising the theory to meet these types of examples.