# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edmund-gettier
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:51:23.691Z

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name: "Edmund Gettier"
slug: "edmund-gettier"
description: "Edmund Lee Gettier III 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?\", which has generated an extensive philosophical literature trying to respond to what became known as the Gettier problem."
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birthDate: "1927-10-31"
deathDate: "2021-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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