The Case for Contextualism: Knowledge, Skepticism, and Context, Vol. 1

Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press (2009)
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Contextualism has been hotly debated in recent epistemology and philosophy of language. The Case for Contextualism is a state-of-the-art exposition and defense of the contextualist position, presenting and advancing the most powerful arguments in favor of the view and responding to the most pressing objections facing it.

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B809.14.D47 2009

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9780199564460

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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199564460.001.0001

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Introduction.  (pages 1-46)
The Ordinary Language Basis for Contextualism.  (pages 47-79)
Assertion, Knowledge, and Context.  (pages 80-127)
Single Scoreboard Semantics.  (pages 128-152)
Bamboozled by our Own Words.  (pages 153-184)
Now You Know It, Now You Don't.  (pages 185-225)
Knowledge, Assertion, and Action.  (pages 226-277)

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