[lit-ideas] Re: Some Gettier examples
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 10:21:13 +0000 (UTC)
These examples are so feeble it is too much effort to explain why. There must
be much better Gettier examples. These examples are so feeble I find it hard to
believe they are Gettier examples at all.
DonalLogician to the stars
On Friday, 13 March 2015, 9:24, Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Example 1
Smith, Jones and Williams are having a job interview. Smith has been assured by
the interviewer that Jones will get the job. On the basis of this, Smith has
formed a justified belief in the proposition that he will get the job. It turns
out that the job has gone to Williams instead. "Unbeknownst to Smith,"
Williams too is male.
Example 2
Smith met Celia and saw that she had a new hair colour, red. The next day he
called her on the mobile and she told him that she is in Paris. On the basis of
this, Smith formed a justified belief that the woman who is in Paris has red
hair. In fact, Celia lied to him and she wasn't in Paris at all. However,
"unbeknownst to Smith" Genevieve, who lives in Paris, has red hair.
****************************Are these really examples of "justified true belief
that is not knowledge", or perhaps there is something fishy about the way the
propositions 'he will get the job' and 'the woman who is in Paris has red hair'
are formulated ?
O.K.
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