Quantifiers and epistemic contextualism

J. Ichikawa

doi:10.1007/s11098-010-9576-2

Quantifiers and epistemic contextualism

J. Ichikawa

Philosophy

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Abstract

I defend a neo-Lewisean form of contextualism about knowledge attributions. Understanding the context-sensitivity of knowledge attributions in terms of the context-sensitivity of universal quantifiers provides an appealing approach to knowledge. Among the virtues of this approach are solutions to the skeptical paradox and the Gettier problem. I respond to influential objections to Lewis's account.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	383-398
Number of pages	16
Journal	Philosophical Studies
Volume	155
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-010-9576-2
Publication status	Published - Sep 2011

Keywords

knowledge
epistemology
contextualism
the Gettier problem
skepticism
the skeptical paradox
quantifiers
David Lewis

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