Quiz 3

Gettier, "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?"

1. If Gettier's counter-example to the traditional analysis of knowledge succeeds it shows that justified true belief is not _____ for knowledge.
a. necessary
b. sufficient
c. necessary and sufficient.
d. necessary or sufficient

2. One of Gettier's main assumptions is that:
a. a justified belief must be true.
b. a justified belief can be true.
c. justified belief is not preserved by deduction.
d. justified belief is preserved by deduction.

3. In Gettier's example, if it is false but justified for Smith that Jones owns a Ford, then:
a. Smith is not justified in believing that Jones owns a Ford or Brown is in Barcelona.
b. it is false that Jones owns a Ford or Brown is in Barcelona.
c. if it is true that Jones owns a Ford or Brown is in Barcelona then Smith knows it.
d. Smith does not know that Jones owns a Ford or Brown is in Barcelona.

[Answers: 1. B   2. D   3. D]

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