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jayd16 ◴[] No.41842070[source]
Hmm, are there better cases that disprove JTB? Couldn't one argue that the reliance on a view that can't tell papermache from a cow is simply not a justified belief?

Is the crux of the argument that justification is an arbitrary line and ultimately insufficient?

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dherls ◴[] No.41842221[source]
I was thinking that one solution might be to specify that the "justification" also has to be a justified true belief. In this case, the justification that you see a cow isn't true, so it isn't a JTB.

Of course that devolves rapidly into trying to find the "base case" of knowledge that are inherent

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1. eynsham ◴[] No.41842344[source]
This and many other suggestions have been explored, and usually found wanting (see e.g. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/knowledge-analysis/#NoFal...).