Does Safety Entail Context-Sensitivity?

Abstract In this article I discuss whether viewing safety as a necessary condition for knowing entails that the truth-conditions for knowledge is context-sensitive. I argue that, while it is far from clear-cut, there is at least not a strict entailment between the positing of safety as necessary for knowledge and the context-sensitivity of knowledge, and so, that one can remain an invariantist about knowledge and yet view safety as necessary for knowing.

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Erkenntnis
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2025-04-07
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-025-00960-6
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Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
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Does Safety Entail Context-Sensitivity?

Balder Edmund Ask Zaar
Erkenntnis
Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
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Does Safety Entail Context-Sensitivity?

Balder Edmund Ask Zaar
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Abstract In this article I discuss whether viewing safety as a necessary condition for knowing entails that the truth-conditions for knowledge is context-sensitive. I argue that, while it is far from clear-cut, there is at least not a strict entailment between the positing of safety as necessary for knowledge and the context-sensitivity of knowledge, and so, that one can remain an invariantist about knowledge and yet view safety as necessary for knowing.

ErkenntnisVol. 91(3)
Lund University (SE)
Lunds Universitet
Openalex Percentile: Top 92%
Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
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