Contextualism and a puzzle about seeing

Author: Neta, Ram

Source: Philosophical Studies, Volume 134, Number 1, May 2007 , pp. 53-63(11)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Contextualist solutions to skeptical puzzles have recently been subjected to various criticisms. In this paper, I will defend contextualism against an objection pressed by Jason Stanley. In the course of doing so, I argue that either semantic context-sensitivity is very widespread in natural language, or else Stanley's ``binding'' test for the presence of hidden variables in logical form is not a good test.

Keywords: Contextualism; Perception

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-006-9021-8

Affiliations: 1: Email: ramneta@yahoo.com

Publication date: 2007-05-01