Knowledge, relevant alternatives and missed clues

Author: Schaffer, Jonathan1

Source: Analysis, Volume 61, Number 271, July 2001 , pp. 202-208(7)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

The classic version of the relevant alternatives theory (RAT) identifies knowledge with the elimination of relevant alternatives (Dretske 1981, Stine 1976, Lewis 1996, inter alia). I argue that the RAT is trapped by the problem of the missed clue, in which the subject sees but does not appreciate decisive information.

Document Type: Original article

DOI: 10.1111/1467-8284.00295

Affiliations: 1: University of Massachusetts-Amherst

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