Some Worries for Would-be WAMmers

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Author: Leite, Adam

Source: Grazer Philosophische Studien, Epistemological Contextualism. Edited by Martijn Blaauw , pp. 101-126(26)

Publisher: Rodopi

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Abstract:

DeRose appeals to ordinary English usage to support his contextualist semantics for "know"-attributions. A common objection holds that though the relevant assertions are both appropriate and seemingly true, their seeming truth arises merely from their appropriateness. This Warranted Assertability Maneuver (WAM) aims to provide a stand-alone objection by providing a reason not to take the ordinary language data at face-value. However, there is no plausible model or mechanism for the pragmatic phenomena WAMmers must postulate. Given what the WAM requires, it is doubtful it could work out in detail.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2005-07-01