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Epistemological Contextualism:A Solution to the Skeptical Puzzle

Zhang Li-ying

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The skeptical puzzle is an essential form of argumentation of skepticism while epistemological contextualism is a dominant anti-skepticism theory in contemporary western epistemology.Influenced by attribution object and subject,knowledge attribution is sensitive to context.It is suggested that epistemological contextualism be adopted as a new approach to solving the skeptical puzzle by the rules of filling up the context and of the best epistemological context.

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The skeptical puzzle is an essential form of argumentation of skepticism while epistemological contextualism is a dominant anti-skepticism theory in contemporary western epistemology.Influenced by attribution object and subject,knowledge attribution is sensitive to context.It is suggested that epistemological contextualism be adopted as a new approach to solving the skeptical puzzle by the rules of filling up the context and of the best epistemological context.

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The skeptical puzzle is an essential form of argumentation of skepticism while epistemological contextualism is a dominant anti-skepticism theory in contemporary western epistemology.Influenced by attribution object and subject,knowledge attribution is sensitive to context.It is suggested that epistemological contextualism be adopted as a new approach to solving the skeptical puzzle by the rules of filling up the context and of the best epistemological context.

Key concepts: Contextualism, Skepticism, Epistemology, Argumentation theory, Context (archaeology), Philosophy, Attribution, Object (grammar)

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