Many agree that Gettier cases have refuted the traditional, tripartite analysis of knowledge. In a recent article, de Grefte (Erkenntnis 88(2):531–549, 2023) offers an interesting and novel defense of the tripartite analysis. As he argues, Gettier cases necessarily involve ‘veritic luck’ and a plausible modal version of reliabilism can exclude such luck. Thus, insofar as the justification condition is understood along this reliabilist line, Gettier cases do not refute tripartite analysis, as the justification condition is unsatisfied in these cases. I argue that Gettier cases do not necessarily involve veritic luck, so an anti-veritic luck justification condition does not succeed in explaining these cases. In the end, I sketch an alternative and more plausible diagnosis of Gettier cases.
