Contextualism in Normative Political Theory and the Problem of Critical Distance
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DOI: 10.1007/s10677-019-10026-6
Abstract: Political theory is contextualist when factual claims about context are part of the justification of normative political judgments. There are different kinds of contextualism depending on whether context is relevant for the formulation and justification… read more here.
Keywords: critical distance; theory; contextualism; problem critical ... See more keywords
Epistemic Contextualism: An Idle Hypothesis
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DOI: 10.1080/00048402.2016.1153684
Abstract: ABSTRACT Epistemic contextualism is one of the most hotly debated topics in contemporary epistemology. Contextualists claim that ‘know’ is a context-sensitive verb associated with different evidential standards in different contexts. Contextualists motivate their view based… read more here.
Keywords: idle hypothesis; contextualism; epistemic contextualism; contextualism idle ... See more keywords