Describe gettiers jones owns a ford or brown is in barcelona

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1. Compare and contrast Harman's Defeasibility Account of Knowledge with Nozick's Tracking Account of Knowledge by:

2. First, defining and clarifying the traditional account of knowledge.

3. Describe Gettier's "Jones owns a Ford or Brown is in Barcelona" example and explain why it is a counterexample to the traditional account

4. Outlining and clarifying Harman's and Nozick's (final, sophisticated) definitions of knowledge.

5. Describing how, given their respective accounts of knowledge, they do (or would) handle Harman's Tom Grabit Example (the version where the mother's false evidence that Tom was thousands of miles away when the crime was committed is accepted by the Judicial Council) and Nozick's Father/Son Example (where your faith in your son outweighs the courtroom evidence, though both favor your son's innocence). Which account is better? Explain.

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