The Ordinary Language Basis for Contextualism, and the New Invariantism

I present the features of the ordinary use of 'knows' that make a compelling case for the contextualist account of that verb, and I outline and defend the methodology that takes us from the data to a contextualist conclusion. Along the way, the superiority of contextualism over subject-sen...

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Published inThe Philosophical quarterly Vol. 55; no. 219; pp. 172 - 198
Main Author DeRose, Keith
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishers 01.04.2005
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Oxford University Press
Subjects
Argumentation
Ascriptions
Banks
Contextualism
Contradictories
Credibility
Intuition
Knowledge
Language
Ordinary language philosophy
Philosophical subject
Philosophy
Physicians
Skepticism
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Summary:I present the features of the ordinary use of 'knows' that make a compelling case for the contextualist account of that verb, and I outline and defend the methodology that takes us from the data to a contextualist conclusion. Along the way, the superiority of contextualism over subject-sensitive invariantism is defended, and, in the final section, I answer some objections to contextualism.
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ISSN:0031-8094
1467-9213
DOI:10.1111/j.0031-8094.2005.00394.x