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Building off of a paper by this thinker, Keith Lehrer imagined possible “defeaters” like Tom Grabit stealing from (10[1])a library. Richard Feldman argued that early attempts to refute this thinker with the “no-false premise” proposal had failed. A paper by this thinker prompted Alvin Goldman to propose a condition of “appropriate causality” by imagining seeing barn façades on a country road. Roderick Chisholm formulated an argument about a dog that looks like a sheep after this thinker directly cited Chisholm’s conditions regarding sufficient evidence for S knowing P. This thinker is best known for a three-page article imagining Jones (10[1])getting a job offer while having (10[1])10 coins in his pocket. For 10 points, name this American thinker who challenged the definition of knowledge as “justified true belief” (-5[1])with his namesake (10[1])cases. (10[1])■END■ (0[4])

ANSWER: Edmund Gettier [accept Gettier problem or Gettier cases]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)1710
Giovanni Mazzeo (DII)Virginia A (UG)JMU A (UG)9810
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)GWU A (UG)10410
Koji Bilbao (UG)Duke A (UG)UNC D (DII)126-5
Zander Werner (DII)Virginia C (UG)GWU B (Grad)12910
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford (DII)UNC A (Grad)William & Mary A (UG)13010
Jeffery Austin (DII)UNC D (DII)Duke A (UG)1310
Miller Doer (DII)Liberty C (DII)Virginia B (UG)1310
Kevin Liu (DII)Maryland C (DII)JMU B (UG)1310
E Smith (UG)JMU B (UG)Maryland C (DII)1310