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Gettiering Goldman

Author(s) -

Kenneth Stalkfleet

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

stance an international undergraduate philosophy journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1943-1899

pISSN - 1943-1880

DOI - 10.33043/s.4.1.69-78

Subject(s) - epistemology , causal theory of reference , causal model , causal decision theory , psychology , philosophy , positive economics , computer science , economics , artificial intelligence , mathematics , statistics , business decision mapping , decision support system , decision engineering

This paper examines the causal theory of knowledge put forth by Alvin Goldman in his 1967 paper “A Causal Theory of Knowing.” Goldman contends that a justified, true belief is knowledge if and only ifit is causally connected to the fact that makes it true. This paper provides examples, however, of justified, true beliefs with such causal connections that are clearly not knowledge. The paper further shows that attempts to salvage the causal theory are unsatisfactory.

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