Why contextualists cannot know they are right: Self-refuting implications of contextualism

Acta Analytica - Tập 20 Số 2 - Trang 38-55 - 2005
Elke Brendel1
1Department of Philosophy, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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