Reply To: Techeiles and Drinking on Purim

Furthermore, we have to ask why when distinguishing between Haman and Mordechai the lashon used is “?? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ????? ?????” whereas by Techeiles the lashon used is “?????? ??? ???? ????”.

The answer is obviously based on Edmund Gettier’s chilluk between “Justified True Belief” and “Knowledge”

(see http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/philosophy-question .)

So it comes out that ?? ??? ??? just means that you can’t have absolute knowledge, but you can still have justified true belief. Thus, it shouldn’t take that much alcohol to reach such a state.