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    If Gettier agents can act in light of facts via justified... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→To act in light of a fact that is a reason, an agent needs to know the relevant fact.

    If Gettier agents can act in light of facts via justified true belief sans knowledge, the knowledge condition is too strong for fact-relative guidance.

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    • 1.Gettier cases demonstrate justified true belief without knowledge is cognitively sufficient for rational action in the world.
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    • 2.If agents successfully navigate reality via JTB lacking knowledge, knowledge is not necessary for fact-relative guidance.
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    • 3.Practical success requires only reliable cognitive connection to facts, which JTB can provide independently of knowledge.
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    • 1.Gettier agents' success is accidental; they cannot reliably distinguish lucky truth from genuine fact-responsiveness.
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    • 2.Fact-relative guidance requires stable, systematic connection to facts—exactly what knowledge provides but Gettier-JTB lacks.
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    • 3.One successful Gettier action doesn't establish sufficiency; guidance demands consistent ability to act on facts, not isolated luck.
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    knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
    Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.

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