Belief, Justification, and Knowledge – Some Late-Medieval Epistemic Concerns

Authors

Ivan Boh, The Ohio State University

Publication Date

1985

Keywords

analytic philosophy, definition of knowledge, logic

Abstract

It has become a commonplace in contemporary analytic philosophy to offer a contextual definition of knowledge in terms of the following statement of necessary and sufficient conditions:

a knows that p if and only if

(i) a believes that p

(ii) p is the case

(iii) a is justified in believing that p

An enormous amount of literature on various aspects of this statement has been produced and the discussion continues.

Recommended Citation

Boh, Ivan (1985) "Belief, Justification, and Knowledge – Some Late-Medieval Epistemic Concerns," Quidditas: Vol. 6, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/rmmra/vol6/iss1/8