Reply To: Philosophy Question

Yeshivishsocrates1:

Thank you for the response. My issue with what you are saying is that the statement (p) of “I believe that the one who will get the job will have ten coins” is essentially just a synonymous way of saying “I believe that Yoely will get the job”. If you would ask Chaim the following question: “If someone other than Yoely will end up getting the job, do you believe that he will have ten coins?” Chaim would certainly say “no”. Chaim is justified to believe that Yoely will get the job and that therefore the one who gets the job will have ten coins but he is not justified in believing that WHOEVER will get the job will have ten coins. However, since Chaim never entertained the possibility of someone other than Yoely getting the job, the belief was expressed in broader terms.

But I can hear that there is a difference between saying “the one who will get the job will have ten coins” and “whoever will get the job will have ten coins” so you might be right. It also could be that I am essentially saying the same thing as Gettier (namely the reason why it wouldn’t be considered knowledge) just that I am saying that the pre-Gettier philosophers would agree.