AN ACTION-ORIENTED ACCOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE: AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO THE GETTIER PROBLEM BASED UPON WANG YANGMING’S PHILOSOPHY.

The Gettier problem for the classical analysis of knowledge (also known as the JTB theory) arises from scenarios where a justified true belief is true by chance, and as a result is not plausibly taken to be an instance of knowledge. Epistemologists often address the Gettier problem by positing extra...

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Publicado en:Prajñā Vihāra: Journal of Philosophy & Religion Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 27 - 47
Autor principal: Liu, Caiqin
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Publicado: Assumption University, Graduate School of Philosophy & Religion Jan-Jun2026
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        Gettier problem
        substance– function (ti–yong 体用)
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