Contextualism and the Factivity of Knowledge

Franck Lihoreau (1) , Manuel Rebuschi (1, 2)

1 LHSP - Laboratoire d'Histoire des Sciences et de Philosophie - Archives Henri Poincaré
2 MSH Lorraine - Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Lorraine

The present paper defines two versions of contextualism about "know": "normal-indexical" contextualism, and "monster-indexical" contextualism. We argue that the former yields counterintuitive results, while the latter entails the rejection of the factivity of knowledge. We conclude that neither of them can properly account for the notion of knowledge.

Mots clés: Epistemology; Contextualism; Semantics of Knowledge sentences; Factivity; Kaplanian monsters

Domaines: Philosophie

Franck Lihoreau, Manuel Rebuschi. Contextualism and the Factivity of Knowledge. D. Lukasiewicz & R. Pouivet. Scientific Knowledge and Common Knowledge, Publishing House Epigram and University of Kazimierz Wielki Press, Bydgoszcz, pp.209-224, 2009. ⟨halshs-00556242⟩