Edmund Gettier

Edmund Lee Gettier III was an American philosopher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is best known for authoring the 1963 article: "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?", which has generated an extensive philosophical literature trying to respond to what would become known as the Gettier problem.

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Who was born first?

• Edmund Gettier and Leszek Kołakowski were born the same year
• Edmund Gettier and Marvin Minsky were born the same year
• Edmund Gettier and Lawrence Kohlberg were born the same year
• Edmund Gettier and Marvin Harris were born the same year
• Edmund Gettier and Balkrishna Doshi were born the same year

Timeline

1. Balkrishna DoshiAugust 26, 1927 – January 24, 2023
2. Edmund Gettier (this page)October 31, 1927 – March 23, 2021
3. Lawrence KohlbergOctober 25, 1927 – January 1987
4. Leszek KołakowskiOctober 23, 1927 – July 17, 2009
5. Marvin HarrisAugust 18, 1927 – October 25, 2001
6. Marvin MinskyAugust 9, 1927 – January 24, 2016

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