Example sentences of "[vb infin] that you [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do not know that you are not a brain , suspended in a vat full of liquid in a laboratory , and wired to a computer which is feeding you your current experiences under the control of some ingenious technician/scientist ( benevolent or malevolent according to taste ) . |
| 2 | Is it possible , however , that though you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat you still know many other things , perhaps more important ? |
| 3 | We can surely conclude that if you know that you are sitting reading , you know that you are not a brain in a vat , and hence ( by simple modus tollens ) that since you do n't know that you are not a brain in a vat ( agreed above ) you do n't know that you are sitting reading . |
| 4 | It seems therefore to show , more generally , that since you do n't know that you are not a brain in a vat you can not know any proposition p of which you know that if p were true , you would not be a brain in a vat . |
| 5 | And there are similar slightly different arguments , for instance Descartes ' version which takes q = you are dreaming and argues that since you do n't know that you are not dreaming you do n't know any proposition p of which you know that if p were true you would not be dreaming ( see the first Meditation in Descartes , 1955 ) . |
| 6 | The conditional theory of knowledge can show that you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 7 | Therefore , if the conditional theory of knowledge is on the right lines , you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 8 | First , it can reinforce our intuitions that you know that you are sitting reading etc. , that you know that if you are sitting reading etc. you are not a brain in a vat , and that you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 9 | However , you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat because it is not the case that ( 3 ) in the nearest worlds in which you are a brain in a vat you believe that you are a brain in a vat . |
| 10 | Hence you can know that you are sitting reading even though you do not know that you are not asleep in bed , dreaming that you are sitting reading . |
| 11 | Your reader will then know that you are not presuming that she or he knows what the term means . |
| 12 | And they says , Well a person who lived in your flat before you had a telly , you know and they gave me some excuse , you know that the the the person who lived in here before me had ripped them off and they says , How do we know that you 're not that person , you know things like that . |
| 13 | They they 'll they 'll er consider that you 're not interested . |
| 14 | What 's the da what would show if you 're standing up , what would demonstrate that you 're not relaxed ? |
| 15 | A solicitor can help you ensure that you are not paying too much tax and that you claim every allowance to which you are entitled . |
| 16 | Studying these should ensure that you are not completely ignorant of the scope , length , format and demands of what you are trying to do . |
| 17 | You 've got to make them feel that you 're not expecting too much of them , or you may make them freeze . |
| 18 | feel about how the way the women are treated in B M K , do you think that , I mean is there enough provision for women , especial erm are you taking into consideration , do you feel on er is , do you feel that you 're not , your needs are n't particularly catered for , I mean in the sense of , you might not have experienced this yourself but like er , maternity provisions , things like that , I mean you get maternity leave , do you feel that |
| 19 | I will assume that you are not completely unfit and can cope with the demands of normal training . |
| 20 | For a necessary condition for such knowledge , 3 ( that if it were not true that you are not a brain in a vat , you would not believe that you are not a brain in a vat ) fails . |
| 21 | We can simplify this conditional as follows : if you were a brain in a vat , you would not believe that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 22 | This is false because if you were a brain in a vat ( being fed your current experiences ) , you would still believe that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 23 | I will see that you are not disturbed until dinner and then you shall have a tray . |
| 24 | ‘ I can see that you 're not likely to want to take an ancient and decaying heap into your bed . ’ |
| 25 | To those who did agree to sell , but now find their acceptance forms are being returned to them , I can only hope that you are not too disappointed at being involuntarily back on the winning side ! |
| 26 | Just because you can do something well does not mean that you are not brainy but when you show your academic prowess along practical lines you are not considered by this government to be of the same worth as someone who can recall knowledge on one day . |
| 27 | In fact its grip is restricted entirely to those propositions whose truth would mean that you were not a brain in a vat . |
| 28 | Good luck with Aktion Direkt — and do n't forget that you 're not the only climber ! |
| 29 | ‘ And , of course , I can tell that you 're not at all accustomed to having any of your questions ignored , are you ? ’ |
| 30 | If you are still using a standard radio system and only wish to execute the occasional loop or roll , then you can continue with your existing equipment , but you should realise that you are not going to be able to perform round loops or axial rolls . |