Contextualism, skepticism, and invariantism

Vol 14, No 3 (2010) • Principia: an international journal of epistemology

Autor: Stephen Jacobson

Abstract:

Michael Williams and Keith DeRose defend their different versions of contextualism on the grounds that contextualism gives a better account of the ordinary use of epistemic terms than invariantist competitors. One aim of this paper is to explain why their arguments do not succeed. A further aim is to show that the dispute between contextualists and invariantists portrayed by Williams and DeRose is a narrow interpretation of the dispute: there are important contextualist and invariantist positions which fall outside the scope of their arguments and which a full defense of contextualism should consider.

ISSN: 1414-4217

DOI: DOI:10.5007/1808-1711.2010v14n3p375

Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/1808-1711.2010v14n3p375/18711

Palavras-Chave: Contextualism, skepticism, invariantism

Principia: an international journal of epistemology

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