Question

The dialogue named for this man anticipates the binding problem by imagining sense data sitting like soldiers in the Trojan horse. Socrates tells this man a “dream theory” holding that “primary elements” can be named but not described, which Philosophical Investigations notes as a precursor of logical atomism. This man “sits” and “flies” in predication examples that Donald Davidson borrowed from The Sophist, (-5[1])which takes place a day after his namesake dialogue and stars him opposite the Eleatic (“el-ee-AT-ic”) Stranger. This (-5[1])snub-nosed (-5[3])mathematician describes (-5[1])his work on irrational magnitudes (-5[1])in a dialogue (10[1])in which Socrates reduces his proposed “perception”-based definition (-5[1])to the theory of flux. The dialogue titled for this man ends by rejecting a (10[1])theory of “true belief with an (10[2])account.” For 10 points, what man (10[1])titles (10[1])a Platonic dialogue about knowledge? ■END■ (10[4]0[16])

ANSWER: Theaetetus (“thee-ay-TEE-tuss”) [or Theaítētos; or Theaetetus of Athens]
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Summary

2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2148%0%38%122.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Swapnil GargBerkeley AJohns Hopkins62-5
Max BrodskyIllinoisMaryland79-5
John MarvinChicago BIndiana80-5
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AMichigan80-5
Matt JacksonChicago AWaterloo80-5
Jaik HavlickArizona StateOttawa82-5
Joel MilesMinnesota ATexas87-5
Tim MorrisonStanfordNorth Carolina A9010
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltKentucky98-5
Matthew LehmannWUSTL ACornell A11310
Quentin MotGeorgia TechBrown11910
Forrest WeintraubColumbia APurdue11910
Fred GarveyTruman StateMcGill12510
Sky LiToronto ANYU12610
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsBerkeley A1320
James StevensonMichiganYale A1320
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaChicago C1320
Ivvone ZhouNorth Carolina BHarvard1320
Andrew HannaPennFlorida1320
Jason HuangNorthwesternIowa State1320
Caleb KendrickMarylandIllinois13210
Jisoo YooTexasMinnesota A13210
Mattias EhatammWaterlooChicago A1320
Guy IndoranteIowa StateNorthwestern1320
James McCurleyHarvardNorth Carolina B1320
Graham CopeFloridaPenn1320
Danila KabotyanskiIndianaChicago B1320
Amith PunyalaWUSTL BToronto B1320
Nermeen RahmanChicago CSouth Carolina1320
Cory SmithKentuckyVanderbilt13210
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BMinnesota B1320
Aum MundheRutgersColumbia B13210
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto BWUSTL B1320
Ishan JoshiOttawaArizona State1320