{"id":1716,"date":"2016-09-22T21:56:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T01:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/nwcenter\/wordpress\/?post_type=questionslibrary&#038;p=1716"},"modified":"2025-02-12T22:58:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T06:58:23","slug":"the-bear-that-wasnt","status":"publish","type":"questionslibrary","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/the-bear-that-wasnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear that Wasn&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>How does a bear know it\u2019s time to hibernate?<\/li>\n<li>How does a bear know anything?<\/li>\n<li>How do you know when it\u2019s time for bed?<\/li>\n<li>How do you know anything?<\/li>\n<li>What is something you know you know?<\/li>\n<li>What is something you believe but aren\u2019t sure of?<\/li>\n<li>How do you know that something is a bear?<\/li>\n<li>How do you know that something is a silly man who needs a shave?<\/li>\n<li>How can you convince something to believe what you do?<\/li>\n<li>What do you do when everyone else believes something you don\u2019t?<\/li>\n<li>Could other people make you believe that you are a bear? 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