TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge, tracking, a bell here and a whistle there
T2 - Response to Ramachandran
AU - Joo, Yohan
AU - Langford, Simon
N1 - Funding Information:
The writers wish to acknowledge the significant help and encouragement given by Lee Chang, Michael Sullivan, and Joseph Mansfield of the NASA ARC during the course of this design effort. This design effort was funded by NASA-Ames Cooperative Agreement No. NCC 2-426.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 South African Journal of Philosophy.
PY - 2016/3/4
Y1 - 2016/3/4
N2 - Ramachandran (2015) has offered a new tracking analysis of knowledge which avoids the main difficulties afflicting the original tracking analyses of Dretske (1971) and Nozick (1981). This paper examines various problem cases for the analysis. We show that modifications can be made to handle most of the cases. But even when the bells and whistles we suggest are in place, counterexamples remain.The first section describes Ramachandran's analysis and its many advantages. The next section shows that, as stated, the analysans fails to be necessary. The third section raises a problem for one of the analysis's two sufficiency conditions, while the fourth raises a problem for the other sufficiency condition. The fifth section draws conclusions.
AB - Ramachandran (2015) has offered a new tracking analysis of knowledge which avoids the main difficulties afflicting the original tracking analyses of Dretske (1971) and Nozick (1981). This paper examines various problem cases for the analysis. We show that modifications can be made to handle most of the cases. But even when the bells and whistles we suggest are in place, counterexamples remain.The first section describes Ramachandran's analysis and its many advantages. The next section shows that, as stated, the analysans fails to be necessary. The third section raises a problem for one of the analysis's two sufficiency conditions, while the fourth raises a problem for the other sufficiency condition. The fifth section draws conclusions.
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U2 - 10.1080/02580136.2015.1079456
DO - 10.1080/02580136.2015.1079456
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84961130584
SN - 0258-0136
VL - 35
SP - 9
EP - 17
JO - South African Journal of Philosophy
JF - South African Journal of Philosophy
IS - 1
ER -