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Zusatztext "Can greater attentiveness to the mechanisms of language solve! or dissolve! central philosophical problems? In no area has this question been as deeply explored as epistemology. This remarkable volume brings together most of the major contributors to this debate in epistemology! one that has clear ramifications for philosophical methodology generally." - Jason Stanley! Yale University! USA"An excellent resource for students and researchers interested in epistemic contextualism! with expert treatment of a broad range of pertinent topics. The editor and his slate of contributors inspire high confidence." - Ernest Sosa! Rutgers University! USA Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Jenkins Ichikawa is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, Canada. His research focuses on issues in epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language. He is the co-author, with Benjamin Jarvis, of The Rules of Thought (2013), and the author of Contextualising Knowledge: Epistemology and Semantics (2017). Klappentext Essential reading for students and researchers in epistemology and philosophy of language. It will also be very useful for those in related fields in philosophy such as philosophy of mind and related subjects, such as linguistics. Zusammenfassung Essential reading for students and researchers in epistemology and philosophy of language. It will also be very useful for those in related fields in philosophy such as philosophy of mind and related subjects, such as linguistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: What is Epistemic Contextualism Jonathan Ichikawa Part 1: Data and Motivations 1. The Variability of ‘Knows’: An Opinionated Overview Crispin Wright 2. The Intuitive Basis for Contextualism Geoff Pynn 3. Epistemic Contextualism and Linguistic Behavior Wesley Buckwalter 4. Feminism and Contextualism Evelyn Brister Part 2: Methodological Issues 5. Epistemic Contextualism and Conceptual Ethics E. Diaz-Leon 6. Does Contextualism Hinge on a Methodological Dispute? Jie Gao, Mikkel Gerken, and Stephen B. Ryan 7. The Psychological Context of Contextualism Jennifer Nagel and Julia Jael Smith 8. What Are We Doing When We Theorize About Context Sensitivity? Derek Ball Part 3: Epistemological Implications 9. Epistemic Contextualism and the Shifting the Question Objection Brian Montgomery 10. Skepticism and Contextualism Michael J. Hannon 11. Contextualism and Fallibilism Keith DeRose 12. Contextualism and Closure Maria Lasonen-Aarnio 13. Lotteries and Prefaces Matthew A. Benton 14. Contextualism and Knowledge Norms Alex Worsnip 15. Contextualism and Gettier Cases John Greco Part 4: Doing Without Contextualism 16. ‘Knowledge’ and Pragmatics Patrick Rysiew 17. Loose Use and Belief variation Wayne A. Davis 18. Semantic Minimalism and Speech Act Pluralism applied to ‘knows’ Herman Cappelen 19. Interest-Relative Invariantism Brian Weatherson Part 5: Relativism and Disagreement 20. The Disagreement Challenge to Contextualism Justin Khoo 21. On Disagreement Torfinn Thomesen Huvenes 22. Contextualism, Relativism, and the Problem of Lost Disagreement Elke Brendel 23. Epistemological Implications of Relativism J. Adam Carter Part 6: Semantic Implementations 24. The Semantic Error Problem for Epistemic Contextualism Patrick Greenough and Dirk Kindermann 25. Gradability and Knowledge Michael Blome-Tillmann 26. Conversational Kinematics Robin McKenna 27. ‘Knowledge’ and Quantifiers Nathan R. Cockram Part 7: Contextualism Outside 'K...
