triparte view

Question 1

Give Plato’s example of of the difference between someone having true belief and then knowledge

Answer 1

travelling into town with a tour guide who knows the way, in this case the tour guide would be good. Travelling with a tour guide who guessed the way correctly, she would then too be a tour guide. In both cases you end up in the right town . Why should we prefer knowledge over belief

Question 2

Why does Plato argue we value knowledge more than true belief?

Answer 2

we can hold true beliefs that we would be reluctant to call knowledge due to the nature of evidence supporting them

Question 3

What was Plato’s tripartite theory known as?

Answer 3

JTB- Justified, True, Belief

Question 4

necessary condition

Answer 4

something you need in order to have that thing in question `

Question 5

example of a necessary condition

Answer 5

water is a necessary condition of rain

Question 6

sufficient condition

Answer 6

when met mean you will always have the thing in question

Question 7

give an example of a sufficient condition

Answer 7

being an aunt is a sufficient condition for having relatives- not necessary as a person can have relatives without being an aunt

Question 8

explain an example where the conditions can be necessary and sufficient

Answer 8

Bachelor example- having never been married and being a man are necessary and sufficient conditions for being a bachelor
you cant be a bachelor without these conditions

Question 9

explain JTB in terms of necessary and sufficient conditions

Answer 9

justification, truth and belief are individually necessary and jointly sufficient conditions for knowledge according to Plato