Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The no false-belief condition adds to the tripartite analysis the condition that a belief must be true to be knowledge.
2. Externalism attempts to solve the Gettier problem by adding a fourth condition to the tripartite analysis.
3. Externalism maintains that to have knowledge, one must be able to provide a justification for his or her beliefs.
4. Reliabilism is a form of externalism.
5. The text concludes that reliablism and internalism complement each other, but neither is complete in itself.


F 1. The no false-belief condition adds to the tripartite analysis the condition that a belief must be true to be knowledge.
F 2. Externalism attempts to solve the Gettier problem by adding a fourth condition to the tripartite analysis.
F 3. Externalism maintains that to have knowledge, one must be able to provide a justification for his or her beliefs.
T 4. Reliabilism is a form of externalism.
T 5. The text concludes that reliablism and internalism complement each other, but neither is complete in itself.

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