Question

A theory that understood this concept using causal chains was later challenged with “fake barn” cases introduced by the reliabilist (10[1])thinker Alvin Goldman. Four conditions need to be met in the truth-tracking theory of this concept proposed by Robert Nozick. A three-page 1963 paper (10[1])challenges a definition of this concept (10[1])with a case where Smith thinks Jones (10[1])will get a job and also has ten coins in his pocket. That case, developed by Edmund Gettier, challenges (-5[1])Plato’s definition of this concept in the (10[1])Theaetetus as “justified true (10[1])belief.” This concept is (-5[1])studied in epistemology. For 10 points, (10[1])skeptics doubt the existence of what concept that Francis Bacon claimed “is power”? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: knowledge [accept word forms like knowing; prompt on justified true belief until mentioned; reject “belief” or word forms]
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY10100%0%50%93.30
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%38%84.88
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY1100%0%100%110.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%25%93.25
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%33%86.33
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%70.20
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%25%94.25
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%72.33

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ezra SantosChicago AWashU A1910
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern ANotre Dame A4310
Aneesh ShrotriyaPurdue BIowa B4910
Matthew WestleyPurdue AIowa A5610
Vikas KothariNorthwestern BIllinois C75-5
Srivishnu VusirikalaIllinois DNotre Dame B8210
Max KoldaNotre Dame CChicago B8610
Samay MathWashU BIndiana90-5
David NickelPurdue CSIUE9610
Jack PirosIllinois CNorthwestern B11010
Sanika IyerIndianaWashU B11010