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Contextualism

Contextualism, also known as epistemic contextualism, is a family of views in philosophy which emphasize the context in which an action, utterance, or expression occurs. Proponents of contextualism argue that, in some important respect, the action, utterance, or expression can only be understood relative to that context. Contextualist views hold that…

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Contextualism

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Avg. degree1.94
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Contextualism → Brief History, Contextualism Deprecated, DeRose, Edward, Epistemic, Epistemic Contextualism, Epistemology, In Zalta, Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project, Internet Encyclopedia, ISSN, OCLC, Patrick, Philosophy, PhilPapersRysiew, Stanford Encyclopedia, Tim Black
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Contextualism → Conclusion, I'm, If, Therefore
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Contextualism → treatment of the word 'knows' as context-sensitive

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context knowledge contextualist epistemic context-sensitive contexts views philosophy epistemology standards different use relative utterance claims relativism truth skeptical know one

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Contextualismis atreatment of the word 'knows' as context-sensitive0.90text
Contextualismrelated to External linksBrief History0.60section
Contextualismrelated to External linksContextualism Deprecated0.60section
Contextualismrelated to External linksDeRose0.60section
Contextualismrelated to External linksEpistemology0.60section
Contextualismrelated to External linksTim Black0.60section
Contextualismrelated to External linksInternet Encyclopedia0.60section
Contextualismrelated to External linksPhilosophy0.60section
Contextualismrelated to External linksEpistemic0.60section
Contextualismrelated to External linksPhilPapersRysiew0.60section
Contextualismrelated to External linksPatrick0.60section
Contextualismrelated to External linksEpistemic Contextualism0.60section

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