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| 19699 | A Gettier case is a belief which is true, and its fallible justification involves some luck |
| Full Idea: A Gettier case contains a belief which is true and well justified without being knowledge. Its justificatory support is also fallible, ...and there is considerable luck in how the belief combnes being true with being justified. | |||
| From: Stephen Hetherington (The Gettier Problem [2011], 5) | |||
| A reaction: This makes luck the key factor. 'Luck' is a rather vague concept, and so the sort of luck involved must first be spelled out. Or the varieties of luck that can produce this outcome. |