Dretske Flashcards
What theory does Dretske propose?
The Tracking Theory
What is a counter factual?
It describes how things would be if they were different than they actually are
Which of the following does Dretske accept?
You can know that an animal is a zebra even when you don’t know that it is not a cleverly disguised mule.
Would Dretske classify “it is false that” as a “fully penetrating sentential operator”?
No, because for example the compound sentence “2+2=4 and the moon is made of green cheese” is false. This sentence necessarily entails that 2+2=4, but it is not false that 2+2=4.
Which of the following would Dretske accept?
Knowing that it was Lefty who killed Otto is not the same as knowing it was Otto who was killed by Lefty.
What is Dretske’s core idea?
To know that x is A is to know that x is A within a framework of relevant alternatives, B, C, and D
On this theory, do you simply know that there is a zebra in the cage and what do you not know?
You don’t simply know that there is a zebra in the cage, end of story.
Instead, you know that there is a zebra in the cage as opposed to an antelope, camel or lion.
you know that there is a zebra as opposed to a painted mule
When is an operator fully penetrating?
when it ‘reaches through’ to all of the necessary consequences of a proposition.
