JTB Theory ‘THE DEfINITION OF KNOWLEDGE IS A CONCEPT THAT CAN BE TRACED BACK TO THOUSANDS OF YEARS. ago. ‘The philosopher Plato wrote a famous dialogue around 369 BC. It was entitled Theactetus, and it discussed the nature knowledge. Its in this piece of writing, that the philosopher introduces the used True Belief (TB) Theory, Ths theory, scan be expected, revolves around the idea that knowledge is justified true belief and that knowledge can only really bbe considered knowledge if all JB clauses are true. These clauses are (let's calla elie x); 1. [believe X to be true 2. Lam justified in believing that X is true 3. X is tru, (The three clauses above are the official statement of the JTB theory) Plato, author of Thaetetus Ina more technical explanation, the JTB theory fundamentally divides knowledge in three (source different categories. Firstly: The belief, basically stating that knowledge requires a degree tfpliuploa of certainty. Secondly: The justification, meaning that this belief needs to be proven with .wikimdia.e some evidence to it. Thirdly: the truth, being that the belief must in the end, correspond ‘relwikivediale the the complete truth. ommonsi 8188) “The TB Theory seems correct It applies toa lot of cases. Now, Let's usea real ifeexample ieee i to test it out ifplint MCI Zip) Let us consider Albert Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity. It states that; “the laws of physics are the same forall non-accelerating observers, andthe sped of ight within a acum isthe same no rater the speed at which an obserer travels.” (source (hiiellwwvw space. com/)7661 theory. generale relativity:Atm)) peigustoea note cantsneey!Albert Einstein (source (tys:upload wikine edizorg! mmonsidid3/Albert Einstein Head jyg)) So let's break this down and apply to it tothe JTB Theory. First things first, we have to identify a belief, Einstein clearly believes that "the speed of ight within a vacuum is the same no matter the speed at which an observer travels.” Lets call that his belief. Itis important to note that we can not consider it knowledge YET as for our terms and purposes, itis still a belief Let's now analyze the second clause of the JTB theory that being, lam justified in believing that X is true “Albert Einstein shows that his belief is actually justified, due to his years of studies, ‘which led him to form his famous equation of mass-energy equivalence, E = mc2. Now, going to the last part of the JTB theory, which is, Xis true. Einstein's initial belie, which he pondered to be true was in unbeatably, the truth. By being proven by the mass-energy equivalence, we can conclude that this belief was justified, and since it was justified, it has to be true. Since this belief followed all the criterium of the JTB theory, its also knowledge, given that in the JTB theory, knowledge is justified true belief ‘This is perfect. We were able to understand what the JTB Theory is exactly, where it came from, and were able to use areal life example to prove it. tis flawless. ORISIT...? Now, what ifthe JTB Theory was flawed? What if there were cases in which it didn’t apply? What if there were cases in which it was just plain out wrong? Such cases do exist. They are called Geitter Problems, and they are the next concept we will be looking at. peigustoea note cantsneey! JT Theory Tripartite Diagram (source (ttpsfeharlotestoiblog fies.word press.coml2014/12icincle diagrams seganaora 418 They —YOK sea AUTOMATTIC We're hiring backend developers. Join us! REPORT THIS AD. SDE Deem ileal Sigua eles WordPress site Deere) REPORT THIS AD. Neen wonencenfecey!