The Routledge handbook of epistemic contextualism / edited by Jonathan Jenkins Ichikawa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ichikawa, Jonathan Jenkins, editor.

Series:

Routledge handbooks in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Contextualism (Philosophy).

Knowledge, Theory of.

Context (Linguistics).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1 [edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Epistemic contextualism is a recent and hotly debated topic in philosophy. Contextualists argue that the language we use to attribute knowledge can only be properly understood relative to a specified context. How much can our knowledge depend on context? Is there a limit, and if so, where does it lie? What is the relationship between epistemic contextualism and fundamental topics in philosophy such as objectivity, truth, and relativism? The Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Contextualism is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising thirty-seven chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into eight parts: Data and motivations for contextualism, Methodological issues, Epistemological implications, Doing without contextualism, Relativism and disagreement, Semantic implementations, Contextualism outside 'knows', Foundational linguistic issues, Within these sections central issues, debates and problems are examined, including contextualism and thought experiments and paradoxes such as the Gettier problem and the lottery paradox; semantics and pragmatics; the relationship between contextualism, relativism, and disagreement; and contextualism about related topics like ethical judgments and modality. The Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Contextualism is essential reading for students and researchers in epistemology and philosophy of language. It will also be very useful for those in related fields such as linguistics and philosophy of mind. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Data and motivations 11

1 The variability of 'knows': an opinionated overview / Crispin Wright Wright, Crispin 13

2 The intuitive basis for contextualism / Geoff Pynn Pynn, Geoff 32

3 Epistemic contextualism and linguistic behavior / Wesley Buckwalter Buckwalter, Wesley 44

4 Feminism and contextualism / Evelyn Brister Brister, Evelyn 57

Part II Methodological issues 69

5 Epistemic contextualism and conceptual ethics / E. Diaz-Leon Diaz-Leon, E. 71

6 Does contextualism hinge on a methodological dispute? / Jie Gao Gao, Jie, Mikkel Gerken Gerken, Mikkel, Stephen B. Ryan Ryan, Stephen B. 81

7 The psychological context of contextualism / Jennifer Nagel Nagel, Jennifer, Julia Jael Smith Smith, Julia Jael 94

8 What are we doing when we theorize about context sensitivity? / Derek Ball Ball, Derek 105

Part III Epistemological implications 119

9 Epistemic contextualism and the shitting the question objection / Brian Montgomery Montgomery, Brian 121

10 Skepticism and contextualism / Michael J. Hannon Hannon, Michael J. 131

11 Contextualism and fallibilism / Keith DeRose DeRose, Keith 145

12 Contextualism and closure / Maria Lasonen-Aarnio Lasonen-Aarnio, Maria 156

13 Lotteries and prefaces / Matthew A. Benton Benton, Matthew A. 168

14 Contextualism and knowledge norms / Alex Worsnip Worsnip, Alex 177

15 Contextualism and Gettier cases / John Greco Greco, John 190

Part IV Doing without contextualism 203

16 'Knowledge' and pragmatics / Patrick Rysiew Rysiew, Patrick 205

17 Loose use and belief variation / Wayne A. Davis Davis, Wayne A. 218

18 Semantic minimalism and speech act pluralism applied to 'knows' / Herman Cappelen Cappelen, Herman 230

19 Interest-relative invariantism / Brian Weatherson Weatherson, Brian 240

Part V Relativism and disagreement 255

20 The disagreement challenge to contextualism / Justin Khoo Khoo, Justin 257

21 On disagreement / Torfinn Thomesen Huvenes Huvenes, Torfinn Thomesen 272

22 Contextualism, relativism, and the problem of lost disagreement / Elke Brendel Brendel, Elke 282

23 Epistemological implications of relativism / J. Adam Carter Carter, J. Adam 292

Part VI Semantic implementations 303

24 The semantic error problem for epistemic contextualism / Patrick Greenough Greenough, Patrick, Dirk Kindermann Kindermann, Dirk 305

25 Conversational kinematics / Robin McKenna McKenna, Robin 321

26 'Knowledge' and quantifiers / Nathan R. Cockram Cockram, Nathan R. 332

27 Gradability and knowledge / Michael Blome-Tillmann Blome-Tillmann, Michael 348

Part VII Contextualism outside 'knows' 359

28 Moral contextualism and epistemic contextualism: similarities and differences / Berit Brogaard Brogaard, Berit 361

29 Contextualism about epistemic reasons / Daniel Fogal Fogal, Daniel, Kurt Sylvan Sylvan, Kurt 375

30 Contextualism about epistemic modals / J.L. Dowell Dowell, J.L. 388

31 Contextualism about belief ascriptions / Roger Clarke Clarke, Roger 400

32 Counterfactuals and knowledge / Karen S. Lewis Lewis, Karen S. 411

33 Contextualism about foundations / Daniel Greco Greco, Daniel 425

Part VIII Foundational linguistic issues 439

34 The semantics-pragmatics distinction and context-sensitivity / Make Ezcurdia Ezcurdia, Make 441

33 The mind-independence of contexts for knowledge attributions / Giovanni Mion Mion, Giovanni, Christopher Gauker Gauker, Christopher 455

36 Index, context, and the content of knowledge / Brian Rabern Rabern, Brian 465

37 Contextiulism in epistemology and relevance theory / Mark Jary Jary, Mark, Robert J. Stainton Stainton, Robert J. 480.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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9781317594697

131759469X

OCLC:

976434600

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