The Tripartite view

Question 1

What is the Tripartite view of knowledge?

Answer 1

In Plato’s Theatetus, knowledge is justified true belief.

Your proposition must be true, you must believe it, and you must be justified in your beliefs.

Question 2

The tripartite definition:
You know some proposition, _, if and only if...
The proposition _ is \_\_\_\_
You \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ that _, and
Your \_\_\_\_\_\_ that _ is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Answer 2

You know some proposition, p, if and only if…
The proposition p is true
You believe that p, and
Your belief that p is justified

Question 3

According to this view, belief, truth, and justification are all _________ and __________ conditions.
Therefore, justified true belief is the ____ _____ as _________

Answer 3

According to this view, belief, truth, and justification are all necessary and sufficient conditions.
Therefore, justified true belief is the same thing as knowledge.

Question 4

The tripartite view allows for a ___________ between _____________ and _________. If knowledge need not be _______, we can be ________ about what we know.

Answer 4

The tripartite view allows for a distinction between justification and certainty. If knowledge need not be certain, we can be fallible about what we know.