Institut Carpe Kairon

Of course, we all have a rough idea of what we mean when we talk about knowledge. But do we actually know what knowledge really is? It is certainly worth giving it some thought. For a long time, the prevailing definition was that knowledge is justified true belief, a concept traceable to Plato’s dialogues Theaetetus and Meno. However, since Gettier’s famous 1963 essay ‘Is justified true belief knowledge?’ (at least in analytical philosophy), this definition has been regarded as refuted (again: at least in analytical philosophy). Insofar as analytical philosophy currently represents the dominant strand of Western philosophy, and philosophy reflects on the fundamental concepts of science, we must admit that…

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