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Social Epistemology
A Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Policy
Volume 22, 2008 - Issue 3: Contrastivism
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Contrastivism and Closure

Pages 247-256 | Published online: 16 Dec 2008
 

Abstract

This paper argues for a solution to a problem that contrastivism faces. The problem is that contrastivism cannot preserve closure, in spite of claims to the contrary by its defenders. The problem is explained and a response developed.

Notes

[1] I argue this point in Kvanvig (Citation2007).

[2] See Jonathan Schaffer (Citation2004).

[3] See, for example, Keith DeRose (Citation1992) and Stewart Cohen (Citation1998).

[4] Timothy Williamson (Citation2000) proposes the general approach in terms of competent deduction, and the qualifications beyond competent deduction can be found in John Hawthorne (Citation2004).

[5] Schaffer’s most developed approach is contained in “Closure, Contrast, and Answer” (Schaffer Citation2007), defending a closure principle along the lines of C1. His most recent account favours turning the consequent of the closure principle into the claim that a certain individual is in a position to know rather than actually knowing. Since I am not sure what being in a position to know is supposed to involve, I prefer to develop a closure principle not containing this notion, as I attempt here.

[6] See Fred Dretske (Citation1970) and Alvin Goldman (Citation1978).

[7] See Gail Stine (Citation1976).

[8] See Stephen Cade Hetherington (Citation2001).

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