The Case for Contextualism: Knowledge, Skepticism, and Context, Vol. 1

It's an obvious enough observation that the standards that govern whether ordinary speakers will say that someone knows something vary with context: What we are happy to call knowledge in some (low-standards) contexts we'll deny is knowledge in other (high-standards) contexts. But do
these varying standards for when ordinary speakers will attribute knowledge, and for when they are in some important sense warranted in attributing knowledge, reflect varying standards for when it is or would be true for them to attribute knowledge? Or are the standards that govern whether such
claims are true always the same? And what are the implications for epistemology if these truth-conditions for knowledge claims shift with context? Contextualism is the view that the epistemic standards a subject must meet, in order for a claim attributing knowledge to her to be true, do vary with
context. This has been hotly debated in epistemology and philosophy of language during the last few decades. In The Case for Contextualism Keith DeRose offers a sustained state-of-the-art exposition and defense of the contextualist position, presenting and advancing the most powerful arguments in
favor of the view and against its invariantist rivals, and responding to the most pressing objections facing contextualism.


Author: Keith DeRose
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 06/24/2011
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780199692255

About the Author

Keith DeRose is Allison Foundation Professor of Philosophy at Yale University.

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