Assertion, action, and context

McKenna, Robin; Hannon, Michael

Abstract

A common objection to both contextualism and relativism about knowledge ascriptions is that they threaten knowledge norms of assertion and action. Consequently, if there is good reason to accept knowledge norms of assertion or action, there is good reason to reject both contextualism and relativism. In this paper we argue that neither contextualism nor relativism threaten knowledge norms of assertion or action.

Citation

McKenna, R., & Hannon, M. (2021). Assertion, action, and context. Synthese, 199(1-2), 731-743. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02705-0

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 15, 2020
• Online Publication Date: May 25, 2020
• Publication Date: 2021-12
• Deposit Date: May 28, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: May 28, 2020
• Journal: Synthese
• Print ISSN: 0039-7857
• Electronic ISSN: 1573-0964
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 199
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 731-743
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02705-0
• Keywords: Philosophy; General Social Sciences
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4500574
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-020-02705-0