Thursday, July 9, 2009

Knowledge as Justified true belief

To begin with knowledge as justified true belief which seem process of plausibility involved in it. Knowledge is a skill, ability acquired by a person through experiences or education. Actually the, knowledge that should be concerned of educational institutions, which is related to things of mind, to intellectual pursuits, to the development of mind. It denotes a distinct way in which our experience becomes structured round, the use of accepted public belief or symbol. For instance, I know how to play chess.


Knowledge is justified true belief, which has three necessary conditions.
The first condition, if a person wants to know about something, he will have to believe in it. It is why because it is belief that gives the foundation for the knowledge. Belief is based on knowledge, although it not justified true fact. It is a propositional sense for example, If somebody says that it is going to rain in a week or advance. It would be called that person’s belief.

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The second condition,if a person believes in something, his belief must be true. For instance, if M knows P, it seems to make a sense that M knows P then P must have true ground for it. P must be sincere towards M.


The third proposed condition for knowledge, a person’s belief must be true as well as reason for believing in it must be satisfactory in the light of some degree or criteria. For example, A is a necessary condition for B. B is, therefore A .

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