Question

A thinker with this first name added epistemic “virtues” and “vices” to a theory in response to Laurence BonJour’s example of the clairvoyant Norman and developed an example in which Jones is falsely told that he had amnesia. That thinker with this first name cited perception and memory as “appropriate” connections (15[1])on a knowledge-producing “chain.” A thinker with this first name abandoned the parity argument from a 1967 book in favor of (*) “warrant" as the gap between true belief and knowledge. An advocate of reliabilism with this first name wrote “A Causal Theory of Knowing,” created the “fake barns” Gettier case, and has the (10[2])surname “Goldman.” A thinker with this first name wrote God and Other Minds and refuted the problem of evil in (10[1])his free-will defense. For 10 (10[1])points, give this first name of a developer of reformed epistemology surnamed “Plantinga.” ■END■

ANSWER: Alvin [accept Alvin Plantinga or Alvin Goldman]
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Jordan BrownsteinJinAh and Jordan from WikiquizSandmännchen im Helikopter5015
Caleb KendrickJJarylandLet's Fighting Love8010
Will Alston1.g4 Test MixturechamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia8010
Amogh KulkarniThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuolaboy's jitches (ft. DMA)10010
Benji Nguyenbruhmnemonists10510
Isaac Kirk-DavidoffParden the Interruptionprotobowling for soup1420
Michael Boreckiprotobowling for soupParden the Interruption1420

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