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The introduction to a book by this thinker says that philosophy should be like the Parthenon, not a tower, so that if it collapses from removing columns, something of beauty remains. That book by this thinker states that a grandmother who would be told that her grandson is well, even if he were unwell, still can know that he’s well when she sees him. This thinker suggested that philosophical proofs are coercive, unlike explanations, in a book that defines knowledge as when subject S would believe (10[1])true proposition P, if and only if P is true. (10[2])That is his theory of “truth tracking.” (10[6])This (10[3])thinker (10[3])illustrated how free (10[1])transactions (10[1])lead to income (10[1])inequality using the example of people paying to see Wilt Chamberlain (10[1])in a (10[1])book that includes the “utility monster” (-5[1])thought experiment. For 10 points, name this author of Anarchy, State, (10[1])and Utopia. ■END■

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