What Shifts Epistemic Standards? DeRose on Contextualism, Safety, and Sensitivity

In The Appearance of Ignorance, Keith DeRose develops a version of epistemic contextualism that combines aspects of both safety and sensitivity theories of knowledge. This paper discusses some potential problems for DeRose's account stemming from his Rule of Sensitivity, which is meant to model...

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Main Author: Blome-Tillmann, Michael (Author)
Contributors: DeRose, Keith 1962- (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-27
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Epistemological contextualism / Cognition theory
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B epistemic standards
B Book review
B Keith DeRose
B Safety
B sensitivity
B epistemic contextualism
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Summary:In The Appearance of Ignorance, Keith DeRose develops a version of epistemic contextualism that combines aspects of both safety and sensitivity theories of knowledge. This paper discusses some potential problems for DeRose's account stemming from his Rule of Sensitivity, which is meant to model upwards shifts in epistemic standards.
ISSN:2210-5700
Reference:Kritik in "Replies to Commentators (2020)"
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal for the study of skepticism
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22105700-20191370