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Relativism About Epistemic Modals
In Steven D. Hales (ed.), A Companion to Relativism. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 219–241 (2011)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Abstract Epistemic Modals Contextualism Contextualism about Epistemic Modals Relativist Proposals Relativists' Arguments Against Contextualism Conclusion References.Author's Profile
relativism about epistemic modals two proposed relativist theories epistemic modals, sorts of uses of “might,” “must” and “possible” that occur in exchanges family of examples ‐ motivating variability in whose knowledge is relevant contextualism ‐ sentence associated, in first instance, with a character assigning truth ‐ values to sentences, in a context of utterance, a two‐step process contextualism about epistemic modals relativist proposals ‐ number of different relativist views of epistemic modals on offer difference between a MacFarlanian relativist account ‐ and a standard Kaplanian account retraction arguments against contextualism
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