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So just to be clear, a 'gettier' is when something you Believe and have Justification for turns out to be false?

  Actually True
  J B
  1 1 knowing
  1 0 denying
  0 1 lucky hunch
  0 0 sceptic, default position

  Actually False
  J B
  1 1 mis-justification: un/incorrectly-verified 
  1 0 lucky denial of mis-justified
  0 1 superstition
  0 0 sceptic, default position



No, it's when you get the right answer for the wrong reason, like a math problem solution that has two mistakes that cancel out in the end result, but are still incorrect logic




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