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SPRINGERBRIEFS IN PHILOSOPHY CONTEXTUALISM FA...

This book analyses an inconsistency within epistemic contextualism known as the factivity
problem. It also provides key insights into epistemic contextualism  an important innovation in
contemporary epistemology  enabling readers to gain a better understanding of the various
solutions to the factivity problem. As the authors demonstrate  each explanation is based on a
different interpretation of the problem. Divided into seven chapters  the book offers
comprehensive coverage of this topic  which will be of major interest to philosophers engaged
in epistemology and the philosophy of language. After an introductory chapter  Chapter 2
presents the most common understanding of epistemic contextualism and its semantic basis. It
also clarifies the epistemological implications of the theory¿s semantic assumptions. This
chapter also explains the main argument of the factivity problem. The next four chapters
discuss the respective solutions proposed by Wolfgang Freitag  Alexander Dinges  Anthony
Brueckner and Christopher Buford  Michael Ashfield  Martin Montminy and Wes Skolits  and Peter
Baumann. Stefano Leardi and Nicla Vassallo highlight the similarities and commonalities 
identifying three main approaches to the factivity problem. Chapter 7 provides a brief overview
of the solutions proposed to solve the factivity problem and presents an outline of the
conclusions reached in the book.

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