Overview
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.
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Author: Keith DeRose (Yale University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.70cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.474kg
ISBN: 9780199692255
ISBN 10: 0199692254
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 05 May 2011
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Review from previous edition This volume will be of particular benefit to graduate students and researchers looking to gain initial sympathetic familiarity with contextualism; it is also clear and accessible enough to be suitable for advanced undergraduates. This book will be among the first resources I turn to when students ask for an introduction to knows contextualism. Jonathan Ichikawa, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
"`Review from previous edition This volume will be of particular benefit to graduate students and researchers looking to gain initial sympathetic familiarity with contextualism; it is also clear and accessible enough to be suitable for advanced undergraduates. This book will be among the first resources I turn to when students ask for an introduction to ""knows"" contextualism.' Jonathan Ichikawa, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"
Review from previous edition This volume will be of particular benefit to graduate students and researchers looking to gain initial sympathetic familiarity with contextualism; it is also clear and accessible enough to be suitable for advanced undergraduates. This book will be among the first resources I turn to when students ask for an introduction to knows contextualism. * Jonathan Ichikawa, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
Author Information
Keith DeRose is Allison Foundation Professor of Philosophy at Yale University.
