Edmund Gettier
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Edmund Gettier was an American philosopher best known for his 1963 paper that challenged the traditional "justified true belief" definition of knowledge and sparked extensive debate in epistemology.
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| Edmund Gettier canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8886275 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edmund Gettier Context triple: [Θεαίτητος, influencedPhilosopher, Edmund Gettier]
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Gayne Rescher
Gayne Rescher was an American cinematographer known for his work on major films and television series, including the science fiction classic Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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Nelson Goodman
Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
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C.
Nicholas Rescher
Nicholas Rescher is a prominent German-American philosopher known for his extensive work in pragmatism, epistemology, and systematic philosophy.
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D.
Roderick Chisholm
Roderick Chisholm was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the theory of perception.
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E.
J. J. C. Smart
J. J. C. Smart was an influential Australian philosopher best known for his work in philosophy of mind, particularly his defense of the mind–brain identity theory, and in ethics and metaphysics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edmund Gettier Target entity description: Edmund Gettier was an American philosopher best known for his 1963 paper that challenged the traditional "justified true belief" definition of knowledge and sparked extensive debate in epistemology.
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A.
Gayne Rescher
Gayne Rescher was an American cinematographer known for his work on major films and television series, including the science fiction classic Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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B.
Nelson Goodman
Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
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C.
Nicholas Rescher
Nicholas Rescher is a prominent German-American philosopher known for his extensive work in pragmatism, epistemology, and systematic philosophy.
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D.
Roderick Chisholm
Roderick Chisholm was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the theory of perception.
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E.
J. J. C. Smart
J. J. C. Smart was an influential Australian philosopher best known for his work in philosophy of mind, particularly his defense of the mind–brain identity theory, and in ethics and metaphysics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American philosopher
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human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | philosophy ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
analytic epistemology
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philosophy of knowledge ⓘ theory of justification ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| familyName | Gettier ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
analytic philosophy
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epistemology ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical essay ⓘ |
| givenName | Edmund ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
development of alternative analyses of knowledge
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rejection of simple justified true belief analysis of knowledge ⓘ |
| impact |
became central reference point in epistemology courses
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led to proliferation of proposed definitions of knowledge ⓘ sparked extensive debate in epistemology after 1963 ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary debates about knowledge
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contextualism in epistemology ⓘ epistemology of the 20th century ⓘ externalist theories of knowledge ⓘ reliabilism in epistemology ⓘ safety-based accounts of knowledge ⓘ sensitivity-based accounts of knowledge ⓘ virtue epistemology ⓘ |
| influencedBy | traditional justified true belief analysis of knowledge ⓘ |
| knownFor |
1963 paper "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?"
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Gettier problem ⓘ critique of justified true belief definition of knowledge ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
analysis of knowledge
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epistemic justification ⓘ nature of knowledge ⓘ |
| name | Edmund Gettier ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Gettier case
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linked to:
Gettier counterexample
Gettier counterexample ⓘ |
| notableWork | "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?" ⓘ |
| occupation | philosopher ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Gettier literature in epistemology ⓘ |
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