PHIL 200 Lecture 6: Nozick’s Trading Theory of Knowledge
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Factive: p is true, s believes that p, if p weren"t true, s wouldn"t believe p tracking, if p were true, s would believe p. If the temp were different the thermometer would read differently. Know stuff even if you cant prove it. Unknown to you, the clock stopped exactly 24 h ago. Jtb: you do know its 10:29: fails in russell"s clock case. If the conservatives hadn"t won the last election, the ndp would have. Close to the real/closest scenario (next closest to the winning one) P: ticket # 324 is a loser-million ticket lottery. Does s know ticket #324 is a loser. Even if it is a loser, you don"t know it. Condition 3 fails because if you did have the winning ticket, you wouldn"t believe you had a winning ticket before announcement. Nozick: s doesn"t know ticket #324 is a loser.