Full Idea
People slide from contextual variability to context relativity to context sensitivity to context dependence to contextual determination.
Gist of Idea
People slide from contextual variability all the way to contextual determination
Source
Kent Bach (What Does It Take to Refer? [2006], 22.2 L3)
Book Reference
'Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Language', ed/tr. Lepore,E/Smith,B [OUP 2008], p.543
A Reaction
This is reminiscent of the epistemological slide from cultural or individual relativity of some observed things, to a huge metaphysical denial of truth. Bach's warning applies to me, as I have been drifting down his slope lately. Nice.