Presentation: From Belief to Being: Rethinking Knowledge Beyond Justification
Presentation: From Belief to Being: Rethinking Knowledge Beyond Justification Summary This presentation compares Justified True Belief (JTB) and Methodical Realism (MR) as theories of knowledge. While JTB defines knowledge as belief that is both true and justified, it fails to account for Gettier-style cases where justified true beliefs arise by luck. Attempts to patch JTB, such as No False Lemmas and Reliabilism, are examined and found wanting. In contrast, MR defines knowledge as the mind’s judgment conforming to reality itself. Rather than emphasizing justification, MR prioritizes epistemic humility and receptivity to the disclosure of being. The presentation concludes that MR offers a more coherent and realistic account of knowing. Annotated Bibliography Gettier, Edmund L. “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?” Analysis 23, no. 6 (1963): 121–123. Gettier challenges the classical JTB account by presenting counterexamples where justified true beliefs fail to co...