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Questions:
1. In the Apology, Socrates argues that the philosopher is needed in order to direct and animate the state and society. Give one reason that Socrates thinks this, and evaluate it
2. In the Theaetetus, the character of Socrates gives multiple objections to Theaetetus' idea that "knowledge is nothing but perception". Explain one of these objections, and evaluate whether it succeeds in showing that knowledge cannot be mere perception.
3. In the Theaetetus, Socrates criticizes the Theaetetus' idea that knowledge is true opinion/belief, which leads Theaetetus to propose that knowledge is instead true opinion/belief with an account or explanation. Explain what this added requirement (of an account or explanation for one's true belief) is intended to achieve and how it does this.
4. What is the causal theory of knowledge? What problem with the traditional view that knowledge = justified true belief is the causal theory of knowledge intended to avoid, and how does it do this?
5. How is the 'Fake Barn Country' example supposed to show that the causal theory of knowledge is false? Do you think it succeeds in doing this, and why?
6. What is reliablism, and how is it supposed to improve upon the causal theory of knowledge? What problem with the causal theory of knowledge, in particular, is reliabilism supposed to avoid?