Single Idea 20227

[catalogued under 13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / b. Gettier problem]

Full Idea

The procedure for generating Gettier cases involves 'double luck': an instance of good luck cancels out an instance of bad luck.

Gist of Idea

Gettier cases arise when good luck cancels out bad luck

Source

Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski (Virtues of the Mind [1996], III 3.2)

Book Reference

Zagzebski,Linda: 'Virtues of the Mind' [CUP 1996], p.295


A Reaction

You can end up with the right answer in arithmetic if you make two mistakes rather than one. I'm picturing a life of one blundering error after another, which to an outsider seems to be going serenely well.