The Analysis of Knowledge
Updated 2026-09-10
INTRODUCTION
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CORE DEFINITION
For any person, some things are known and others are not, and the question is what the difference consists in. Believing alone is not enough, since we do not know what we get wrong. Knowledge looks like a way of being in touch with the truth, and the analysis of knowledge tries to say exactly what that contact consists in, along the lines of truth plus belief plus a third condition.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
- Judge knowledge claims: screen a claim against truth, belief, and an anti-luck condition in turn. - Remove luck: construct nearby possible situations and test whether the true belief is merely fortunate. - Choose conditions: select justification, sensitivity, or safety as the third condition for the domain at hand.
Anchor fast decisions
The analysis proceeds as truth plus belief plus a third condition. Truth rules out error and belief rules out an inadvertent state, but the two together still allow a true belief held by luck, so a third condition must eliminate luck: justification, the absence of false premises, or sensitivity, meaning that the belief would not be held if the fact were otherwise.
MINIMUM ACTION
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- plato.stanford.eduhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/knowledge-analysis/verified
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