Question

A theory that understood this concept using causal chains was later challenged with “fake barn” cases introduced by the reliabilist thinker Alvin Goldman. Four conditions need to be met in the truth-tracking theory (10[1])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, challenges Plato’s definition of this concept in the (-5[1])Theaetetus as “justified true (10[2])belief.” (10[3]-5[1])This concept is studied in epistemology. (10[1])For 10 points, skeptics doubt the existence (-5[1])of what concept that Francis Bacon claimed “is power”? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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
Orion KellerVirginia Tech AVCU3210
Connor KahnNC StateLiberty B82-5
Cameron WiliamsAppalachian State AJames Madison A8610
Josh SchmidtLiberty AWilliam & Mary8610
Koji BilbaoDuke AAppalachian State B87-5
Malachi LedfordTusculumVirginia8710
Samuel MillerLiberty BNC State8710
Nick SmemoeUNC BLiberty C8710
Ethan RehderDuke BUNC D9310
Zachary BornsteinVirginia Tech BJames Madison B100-5
Gavin BramerAppalachian State BDuke A10910
Ben KantsiperJames Madison BVirginia Tech B11010