6.6 Gettier

Keywords: nozick, gettier, defeater, smith, jones, dretske, barn, counterexamples, analysis, brown, box, harman, satisfied, method, affairs

Number of articles: 103
Weighted number of articles: 90.92452

A scatterplot showing the raw number of articles that are in the epistemology subtopic Gettier each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 1.5, and the median value is 1. It reaches a peak value of 6 in 1978, and has a minimum value of 0 in 1946.

Figure 6.29: Raw number of articles in topic 6, Gettier.

A scatterplot showing the weighted number of articles that are in the epistemology subtopic Gettier each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 1.32, and the median value is 1.11. It reaches a peak value of 5.18 in 1984, and has a minimum value of 0 in 1950.

Figure 6.30: Weighted number of articles in topic 6, Gettier.

A scatterplot showing the proportion of philosophy articles that are in the epistemology subtopic Gettier each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 0.3%, and the median value is 0.3%. It reaches a peak value of 1.3% in 1984, and has a minimum value of 0.0% in 1950.

Figure 6.31: Percentage of philosophy articles in topic 6, Gettier.

A scatterplot showing the percentage of epistemology articles that are in the epistemology subtopic Gettier each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 5.0%, and the median value is 3.0%. It reaches a peak value of 21.1% in 1976, and has a minimum value of 0.0% in 1950.

Figure 6.32: Percentage of epistemology articles in topic 6, Gettier.

Characteristic Articles

  1. Gilbert H. Harman, 1966, “Lehrer on Knowledge,” Journal of Philosophy 63:241–7.
  2. John A. Barker, 1975, “A Paradox of Knowing Whether,” Mind 84:281–3.
  3. Peter D. Klein, 1979, “Misleading”Misleading Defeaters”,” Journal of Philosophy 76:382–6.
  4. James G. Mazoue, 1985, “Nozick on Inferential Knowledge,” The Philosophical Quarterly 35:191–3.
  5. Edmund L. Gettier, 1963, “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?,” Analysis 23:121–3.
  6. Peter D. Klein, 1976, “Knowledge, Causality, and Defeasibility,” Journal of Philosophy 73:792–812.
  7. David Coder, 1970, “Thalberg’s Defense of Justified True Belief,” Journal of Philosophy 67:424–5.
  8. John Turk Saunders and Narayan Champawat, 1964, “Mr. Clark’s Definition of ‘Knowledge’,” Analysis 25:8–9.
  9. Graeme Forbes, 1985, “Response to Mazoue & Brueckner,” The Philosophical Quarterly 35:196–8.
  10. Keith Lehrer and Thomas Paxson, Jr., 1969, “Knowledge: Undefeated Justified True Belief,” Journal of Philosophy 66:225–37.

Highly Cited Articles

  1. Edmund L. Gettier, 1963, “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?,” Analysis 23:121–3. (0.9676315)
  2. Keith Lehrer, 1965, “Knowledge, Truth and Evidence,” Analysis 25:168–75. (0.9015168)
  3. Michael Clark, 1963, “Knowledge and Grounds: A Comment on Mr. Gettier’s Paper,” Analysis 24:46–8. (0.8368709)