Tripartite analysis of knowledge
What Tripartite analysis of knowledge means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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An analysis in which knowledge is true belief that is justified, with the three conditions being belief, truth and justification.
The view that knowledge is justified true belief, with these three conditions.
Topics that use Tripartite analysis of knowledge
- What is knowledge? (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Ability knowledge
- Acquaintance knowledge
- Counterexamples
- Definition of knowledge
- Epistemic virtue
- False lemmas and inferential routes
- Necessary and sufficient conditions
- Propositional knowledge
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