Semantics of Knowledge Attributions

Introduction

In this book, Michael Blome-Tillmann offers a critical overview of the current debate on the semantics of knowledge attributions. The book is divided into five parts.

Part 1

Part 1 introduces the reader to the literature on knowledge attributions by outlining the historical roots of the debate and providing an in-depth discussion of epistemic contextualism.

Part 2

After examining the advantages and disadvantages of the view, Part 2 offers a detailed investigation of epistemic impurism (or pragmatic encroachment views).

Part 3

Part 3 is devoted to a careful examination of epistemic relativism.

Part 4

Part 4 discusses two different types of strict invariantism (psychological and pragmatic).

Part 5

The final part of the book explores Presuppositional Epistemic Contextualism - a version of contextualism that is argued to provide a more powerful and elegant account of the semantics of knowledge attributions than many of its competitors.

Additional Content

A clear and precise account is provided of the main principles underlying each view and of how they aim to explain the pertinent data and resolve philosophical puzzles and challenges. The book also provides charts outlining the relations between the positions discussed and offers suggestions for further reading.