Contesting Contextualism

Author: Rysiew, Patrick

Source: Grazer Philosophische Studien, Epistemological Contextualism. Edited by Martijn Blaauw , pp. 51-70(20)

Publisher: Rodopi

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Abstract:

According to Keith DeRose, the invariantist's attempt to account for the data which inspire contextualism fares no better, in the end, than the "desperate and lame" maneuvers of "the crazed theory of 'bachelor'", whereby S's being unmarried is not among the truth conditions of 'S is a bachelor', but merely an implicature generated by an assertion thereof. Here, I outline the invariantist account I have previously proposed. I then argue that the prospects for sophisticated invariantism — either as a general approach, or in the specific form I have recommended — are not nearly as dim as DeRose suggests.

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