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Nagel thinks we may one day come to know what it is like to be a bat.

Williams concludes it is clear what a person should choose in his case where the person switches bodies.

Socrates and Theaetetus abandon the definition of knowledge they discuss at the very beginning of the excerpt to consider the definition that knowledge is

Socrates and Meno are discussing whether which subject can be taught?

According to Williams, in his experiment where A and B switch bodies, most people would choose what if they were person A?

Why do Socrates and Theaetetus abandon the definition of “rational explanation” as being able to “manifest one’s thoughts” about one’s true opinion?

Where the excerpt picks up in the “Theaetetus” dialogue (the beginning of your reading), what definition of knowledge are Socrates and Theaetetus considering?

What does Socrates believe is the harm in being overly confident about what one knows about a subject?

Buchak thinks that having faith is inconsistent with being epistemically rational.

What problem does Socrates see with the definition, “true opinion + rational explanation” overall?