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  • Representationalists such as Dretske, Lycan and Tye would assent to the former claim, whereas phenomenalists such as Block, Chalmers, Loar and Peacocke would assent to the latter.

    Mental Representation Pitt, David 2008

  • (A further terminological complication is that some theorists, such as Dretske (1995) and Tye (1995), have used the expression "what it is like" to mean the qualitative property itself, rather than the present higher-order property of that property.)

    Representational Theories of Consciousness Lycan, William 2006

  • A psychosemantics such as Dretske's (1986) that makes essential reference to function might therefore distinguish representata here. (iv) To the extent that each creature's two eyes differ functionally from each other, the creature has two different and nonequivalent visual systems.

    Representational Theories of Consciousness Lycan, William 2006

  • One response is that cases such as Dretske's do not count against J, but rather against the following principle (of the transmissibility of evidence):

    The Epistemic Closure Principle Luper, Steven 2005

  • Second, any relevant alternatives account, such as Dretske's and Nozick's, leads to K failure.

    The Epistemic Closure Principle Luper, Steven 2005

  • That said, if you want serious philosophy of mind read Dretske or Fodor or Chalmers.

    Matthew Yglesias » Influential Books 2010

  • It has also been argued (by Fred Wilson) that Bosanquet's views on logic and scientific method are close to those of some contemporary critics of empirical accounts of natural laws, such as Fred Dretske and David Armstrong.

    My Recycled Soul 2009

  • Among the defenders of pain representationalism understood this way are Harman (1990), Dretske

    Pain Aydede, Murat 2009

  • Peacocke (1992), Burge (1993), and Dretske (1995).

    Petty Injuries 2009

  • Dretske, Fred (1971), "Perception From an Evolutionary Point of View."

    Evolutionary Epistemology Bradie, Michael 2008

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