If knowledge is context-sensitive in Dretske's sense, then knowing 'I have hands' does not transmit via closure to knowing 'I am not a BIV', since BIV scenarios are irrelevant alternatives in ordinary contexts.
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(Used to describe terms like 'I' and 'left' whose reference shifts with the context of use.)
A term whose semantic value or referent varies depending on features of the context of utterance, such as the identity or orientation of the speaker.
irrelevant alternatives(epistemology)
Possible situations that are so unlikely or unrealistic that they don't actually matter when deciding whether you know something in ordinary life.
knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.