Quantifiers, Knowledge, and Counterfactuals

Jonathan Ichikawa

doi:10.1111/j.1933-1592.2010.00427.x

Quantifiers, Knowledge, and Counterfactuals

Jonathan Ichikawa

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Abstract

Many of the motivations in favor of contextualism about knowledge apply also to a contextualist approach to counterfactuals. I motivate and articulate such an approach, in terms of the context-sensitive 'all cases', in the spirit of David Lewis's contextualist view about knowledge. The resulting view explains intuitive data, resolves a puzzle parallel to the skeptical paradox, and renders safety and sensitivity, construed as counterfactuals, necessary conditions on knowledge.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	287-313
Number of pages	27
Journal	Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
Volume	82
Issue number	2
Early online date	14 Dec 2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1933-1592.2010.00427.x
Publication status	Published - Mar 2011

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Intuitions and Philosophical Methodology: Intuitions and Philosophical Methodology
Brown, J. (PI), Cappelen, H. (CoI), Onofri, A. (Student), Porro, L. C. (Student), Cath, Y. (Researcher), Huvenes, T. (Researcher) & Ichikawa, J. (Researcher)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
3/09/08 → 31/08/12
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AHRC - Basic Knowledge: Basic Knowledge
Wright, C. (PI)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/09/07 → 31/08/12
Project: Standard

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