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How Gettier helps to understand justification
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Hofmann, Frank |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | I would like to argue for the thesis that knowledge and (epistemic) justification share a common structure, namely, the structure of ‘success from ability’, i.e., success which is explained by the exercise of ability. The structure of ‘success from ability’ is well-known from discussions of knowledge, as a virtue-theoretic structure (cf. Sosa 2007, Greco 2009). I will not try to defend this view here, but simply suppose that it is basically correct. My – original – claim that I will try to defend is that the very same virtue-theoretic structure attaches to justification as well. Thus, justification also allows for Gettier cases, i.e., cases in which the success is reached but is not reached from (or due to) ability. The subject reaches the relevant success luckily – in a certain sense of ‘luck’, of course: in the case of knowledge it is ‘veritic luck’ (i.e., lucky truth; cf. Pritchard 2005), whereas in the case of justification it is ‘reasons luck’, as we can call it (i.e., luckily being supported or backed up by some evidence). |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://orbilu.uni.lu/bitstream/10993/12645/1/Hofmann_GettierHelpsUnderstandJustification_GAP8_Proceedings_Hofmann2013.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
