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|Success title = Arrogance, thwarted
 
|Success title = Arrogance, thwarted
|Success description = "[…]We have already given this ample thought. Knowledge is 'justified true belief' […]"
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|Success description = […] We have already given this ample thought. Knowledge is 'justified true belief' […]"
[…] Suppose […] that the spider has entered a room where it seems to see you. […] the spider has seen is only a life-sized model of your good self. […] clearly it wasn't knowledge.[…]
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|Success summary = Your suggestion is folly, but an elderly scholar is baited into attempting it regardless. Its limited definition is easily demolished by a simple thought experiment.
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[…] Suppose […] that the spider has entered a room where it seems to see you. […] the spider has seen is only a life-sized model of your good self. […] clearly it wasn't knowledge.
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Can a spider smirk? This one certainly conveys smugness. […]
 
Can a spider smirk? This one certainly conveys smugness. […]
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Did it actually win a point by refusing to answer?
 
Did it actually win a point by refusing to answer?
|Failure summary = It did, and the symposium moves on swiftly.
 
 
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