What is knowledge? What, for that matter, is truth? If there is absolute truth, how could we know about it? Is it possible to articulate a list of conditions that must be met in order for a person to know something, rather than to merely believe it? Public philosopher James Graf has broken through the impasse on this question, known as The Gettier problems. But the question of how this relates to the good life, and thus the quest for a workable practical philosophy, lies behind Graf’s exploration of the nature of knowledge.
Books
Knowledge By Acceptance, 2nd Ed. (2019) – This book articulates an absolutist theory of truth, as descriptive success – Descriptive Success-Revised (DS-R).
But its main contribution is an analysis of knowledge that overcomes the Gettier problems – The six-condition No Unacceptable Element (NUE) analysis of knowledge.
Listen to the full text on the Plato’s Projects with James Graf podcast.
Podcasts
Plato’s Projects with James Graf is an intellectual/academic philosophy podcast. It discusses contemporary philosophy, starting with full audio of Graf’s Gettier-overcoming theory of knowledge work, Knowledge By Acceptance, 2nd edition (2019).
About
James John Graf is a public philosopher, especially of epistemology (the theory of knowledge), and practical philosophy (the theory of the good life). He is an author and hosts a podcast directed at academic/intellectual audiences.