Epistemic Contextualism and the Knowability Problem

Freitag, Wolfgang

Epistemic Contextualism and the Knowability Problem

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Date

2011

Publication type

Journal article

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Acta Analytica ; 26 (2011), 3. - pp. 273-284. - ISSN 0353-5150

Abstract

The paper critically examines an objection to epistemic contextualism recently developed by Elke Brendel and Peter Baumann, according to which it is impossible for the contextualist to know consistently that his theory is true. I first present an outline of contextualism and its reaction to scepticism. Then the necessary and sufficient conditions for the knowability problem to arise are explored. Finally, it will be argued that contextualism does not fulfil these minimal conditions. It will be shown that the contrary view is based on a misunderstanding of what contextualists are claiming.

Subject (DDC)

100 Philosophy

Keywords

Epistemic contextualism,Scepticism,Knowability problem,Factivity problem

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FREITAG, Wolfgang, 2011. Epistemic Contextualism and the Knowability Problem. In: Acta Analytica. 26(3), pp. 273-284. ISSN 0353-5150. Available under: doi: 10.1007/s12136-010-0112-y

BibTex

@article{Freitag2011Epist-14565,
  year={2011},
  doi={10.1007/s12136-010-0112-y},
  title={Epistemic Contextualism and the Knowability Problem},
  number={3},
  volume={26},
  issn={0353-5150},
  journal={Acta Analytica},
  pages={273--284},
  author={Freitag, Wolfgang}
}

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