Question

A theory that understood this concept using causal chains was later challenged with “fake barn” cases introduced by the (10[1])reliabilist 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 challenges a definition of this concept with a case where Smith thinks Jones will get a job and also has ten coins in his pocket. That case, developed by Edmund Gettier, (-5[1])challenges Plato’s definition of this concept in the Theaetetus (-5[1])as “justified true belief.” (10[1])This concept is studied in epistemology. (10[2]-5[2])For (10[1])10 points, (-5[1])skeptics doubt the existence of what concept that Francis Bacon claimed “is power”? (10[2])■END■ (10[3])

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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Bianca Van ZileBinghamton BCornell B1810
Will HooverRIT BCornell C74-5
Giuseppe PiccirilliBinghamton ACornell D83-5
Alec WestSyracuseRIT A8710
Joseph TabaskoBinghamton CCornell F93-5
Gregory StoneESFRIT C93-5
Victor BenderPenn StateU of Rochester B9310
Victor BenderPenn StateU of Rochester B9310
Aidan KeenanU of Rochester ACornell E9410
Blake SavageCornell GCornell A96-5
Alec RisoCornell DBinghamton A10910
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell CRIT B10910
Kritanu SahaCornell ACornell G11010
Lise ObuduluRIT CESF11010
Elizabeth LarkinCornell FBinghamton C11010