Edmund Gettier

Edmund Gettier
Born	Edmund Lee Gettier III October 31, 1927 (1927-10-31) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died	March 23, 2021(2021-03-23) (aged 93)
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy
Doctoral advisor	Norman Malcolm
Main interests	Epistemology
Notable ideas	Gettier problem

Edmund Lee Gettier III (/ˈɡɛtiər/; October 31, 1927 – March 23, 2021) was an American philosopher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is best known for his article written in 1963: "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?",^[1] which has generated an extensive philosophical literature trying to respond to what became known as the Gettier problem.