Example sentences of "you do not know that " in BNC.
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| 1 | A nuclear explosion is what it could have been , but you do not know that that is what it was . ’ |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | It seems to show that the imaginary case in which you are a brain in a vat being fed the experiences of reading a book is perfectly effective in showing that you do not know that you are reading a book . |
| 5 | The conditional theory of knowledge can show that you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |