AMAMIHE Journal of Applied Philosophy

The study is a critique of Robert Nozick’s response to Edmond Gettier’s problem. Gettier had in his work entitled “Is Justified Truth Belief Knowledge?” contend that these conditions considered by Plato to be necessary and sufficient criteria for knowledge claims fails to prove certainty of knowledge. Using three examples, Gettier was able to show that the three conditions are not enough and that there is a need for a fourth condition. In response, Robert Nozick propounded his “Truth Tracking” as a solution to the problem. Using the method of critical analysis, the study examines Nozick’s argument in his truth tracking theory and discovers that Nozick’s theory failed to provide the fourth condition and also could not adequately substantiate his theory as an adequate basis for the justification of our knowledge claim. To guide our discussion, the paper examines Nozick epistemology and his truth tracking theory. The study concludes by showing that Nozick’s “Truth Tracking” is another theory of truth rather than the basis for the justification our knowledge claim.

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