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Which of the following is required to know? I. The proposition must be true. II. The person must believe the proposition.

Which of the following is required to know? I. The proposition must be true. II. The person must believe the proposition. Correct Answer I and II

According to the most widely accepted definition, knowledge is a justified true belief. That it is a kind of belief is supported by the fact that both knowledge and belief can have the same objects and that what is true of someone who believes something to be the case is also true, among other things, of one who knows it. For example, the sun rises in the east is the knowledge or true belief that is supported by the fact which is arrived at through daily observations for millions of years by people. Knowledge is expressed in propositions. 

Requirements of Knowing:

  •  A proposition (p) must be true.  
  •  Not only must a proposition (p) be true; we must believe that a proposition (p) is true. 
  • There is a necessity for evidence or a reason to believe a proposition to be true.

Hence, we conclude that both statements are true in the context of knowledge.

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