Gettier claims that, "First, in that sense of justified in which S's being justified in believing P is a necessary condition of S's knowing that P, it is possible for a person to be justified in believing a proposition that is in fact ..."
A) false.
B) rationally plausible.
C) highly likely to be true.
D) deductively valid.

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Gettier argues that it is possible for a person to be justified in believing a false proposition, despite meeting the traditional criteria for knowledge. This is because knowledge requires not only justification for a belief, but also the belief being true. Gettier's examples show that one can be justified in believing something that is false, but happens to be supported by true premises in an indirect or coincidental way.

Gettier Claims That, "First, in That Sense of Justified in Which