Fred Dretske

beginning information word organism survive

"In the beginning there was information. The word came later. the transition was achieved by the development of organisms with the capacity for selectively exploiting this information in order to survive and perpetuate their kind."

—Fred Dretske (1932-2013)

belief knowledge gap

"There is a gap between belief and knowledge... If you can’t know it, you can’t believe it either."

—Fred Dretske (1932-2013)

beauty eye beholder information head receiver

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and information is in the head of the receivers"

—Fred Dretske (1932-2013)