Ideas from 'Contextualism Defended (and reply)' by Stewart Cohen [2005], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Contemporary Debates in Epistemology (2nd ed)' (ed/tr Steup/Turri/Sosa) [Wiley Blackwell 2014,978-0-470-67209-9]].

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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / a. Contextualism

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Our own intuitions about whether we know tend to vacillate

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We shouldn't jump too quickly to a contextualist account of claims to know

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The context sensitivity of knowledge derives from its justification

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Contextualism is good because it allows knowledge, but bad because 'knowing' is less valued

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique

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Contextualists slightly concede scepticism, but only in extremely strict contexts