Fred Dretske

Fred Dretske
Born
Frederick Irwin Dretske

(1932-12-09)December 9, 1932
Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.
DiedJuly 24, 2013(2013-07-24) (aged 80)
AwardsJean Nicod Prize (1994)
Education
EducationUniversity of Minnesota (PhD, 1960)
ThesisSpace, Time and Substance: A Philosophical Inquiry (1960)
Doctoral advisorsGustav Bergmann
Other advisorWilfrid Sellars
Philosophical work
Era20th-/21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Stanford University
Doctoral studentsGary Hatfield, Timothy Schroeder
Main interestsPhilosophy of mind
Epistemology
Notable ideasRelevant alternatives theory
Laws of nature as relations among universals
Rejection of the principle of epistemic closure

Frederick Irwin "Fred" Dretske (/ˈdrɛtski/; December 9, 1932 – July 24, 2013) was an American philosopher noted for his contributions to epistemology and the philosophy of mind.

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