There have been good comments on both of the epistemology posts from yesterday, as well as a number of examples showing that what I took to be an odd use of ‘at least’ is actually fairly standard. In the awareness post, Dennis Whitcomb pointed out that he had made a similar point to Williamson recently. Great minds think alike, or whatever it is one is meant to say when scooped. Since I wasn’t the first on this point, I may as well make up for it in quantity. So here’s another awareness example.

Rick is a middle-of-the-road singer-songwriter. He’s harmlessly strumming his guitar one day when he looks up and sees what looks like a convoy of five trucks bearing down on him. Fortunately, four of them are fake trucks that can’t do any real damage to him. Unfortunately, it (i.e. the fifth) is a real truck that will do real harm. He freezes in fear. Ilsa screams, “He has to get out of the way. Is he aware that there’s a giant truck bearing down on him?” Williamson answers, “No.”