Logo Sips
Accueil

Abécédaire

Recherche

Intranet

Contact

Système d'information en philosophie des sciences

Logo Sips
ImprimerEnvoyer le lien

ARTICLE

Inferential Contextualism, Epistemological Realism and Scepticism: Comments on Williams

  • Pages : 345 à 352
  •  
  • Support : Electronic document
  • Edition : Original
  •  
  • DOI : 10.1007/s10670-004-9281-7
  • URL : Lien externe
  •  
  • Date de création : 04-01-2011
  • Dernière mise à jour : 02-06-2011

Résumé :

Anglais

In this paper I will discuss Michael Williams’s inferential contextualism – a position that must be carefully distinguished from the currently more fashionable attributer contextualism. I will argue that Williams’s contextualism is not stable, though it avoids some of the shortcomings of simple inferential contextualism. In particular, his criticism of epistemological realism cannot be supported on the basis of his own account. I will also argue that we need not give up epistemological realism in order to provide a successful diagnosis of scepticism.

 

Résumé :

Anglais

In this paper I will discuss Michael Williams’s inferential contextualism – a position that must be carefully distinguished from the currently more fashionable attributer contextualism. I will argue that Williams’s contextualism is not stable, though it avoids some of the shortcomings of simple inferential contextualism. In particular, his criticism of epistemological realism cannot be supported on the basis of his own account. I will also argue that we need not give up epistemological realism in order to provide a successful diagnosis of scepticism.

 
Haut de pageRetour à la page précédente