Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
8-2022
Abstract
Contextualists and Subject Sensitive Invariantists often cite the knowledge norm of assertion as part of their argument. They claim that the knowledge norms in conjunction with our intuitions about when a subject is properly asserting in low or high stakes contexts provides strong evidence that what counts as knowledge depends on practical factors. In this paper, I present new data to suggest they are mistaken in the way they think about cases involving high and low stakes and I show how insensitive invariantists can explain the data. I exploit recent work done on the distinction between flouting a norm and being blamed for that violation to formulate a rigorous theory of rational expected blameworthiness that allows insensitive invariantists to explain the data cited.
Keywords
Knowledge Norm of Assertion, Contextualism, Pragmatic Encroachment, Insensitive Invariantism, Stakes
Discipline
Philosophy
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Erkenntnis
Volume
87
Issue
4
First Page
1501
Last Page
1519
ISSN
0165-0106
Identifier
10.1007/s10670-020-00259-8
Publisher
Springer
Citation
YIP, Brandon.(2022). Assertion, stakes and expected blameworthiness: An insensitive invariantist solution to the bank cases. Erkenntnis, 87(4), 1501-1519.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4133
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-020-00259-8