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Gettiers in software engineering (2019)

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303 points FigurativeVoid | 1 comments | 14 Oct 24 18:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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PaulDavisThe1st ◴[14 Oct 24 21:41 UTC] No.41842315[source]▶
> true, because it doesn't make sense to "know" a falsehoood

That's a problem right there. Maybe that made sense to the Greeks, but it definitely doesn't make any sense in the 21st century. "Knowing" falsehoods is something we broadly acknowledge that we all do.

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kragen ◴[14 Oct 24 23:03 UTC] No.41843126[source]▶
No, I think many people use a definition of "know" that doesn't include "knowing" falsehoods. Possibly you and they have fundamentally beliefs about the nature of reality, or possibly you are just using different definitions for the same word.
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1. throw310822 ◴[15 Oct 24 05:55 UTC] No.41845355[source]▶
And, do they know if their definition is the right one? And how do they know it? And, is it actually true?