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Conclusion

The Gettier problem was a monkey wrench thrown into the works of the long standing definition of justified true belief. There have been several attempts to patch the definition of justified true belief. However, most of these patches have been too weak or too strong. The one to make best use of common sense to patch up the Gettier-style problems has been the Defeasibility Condition; although this one too has it's pitfalls.



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