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'''Contrastivism''', or '''the contrast theory of meaning''', is an [[epistemological]] theory proposed by Jonathan Schaffer that suggests that knowledge attributions have a ternary structure of the form 'S knows that p rather than q'. This is in contrast to the traditional view whereby knowledge attributions have a binary structure of the form 'S knows that p'. Contrastivism was suggested as an alternative to [[contextualism]]. Both are semantic theories that try to explain [[skepticism]] using semantic methods. | '''Contrastivism''', or '''the contrast [[theory]] of meaning''', is an [[epistemological]] [[theory]] proposed by Jonathan Schaffer that suggests that knowledge attributions have a ternary structure of the form 'S knows that p rather than q'. This is in contrast to the traditional view whereby knowledge attributions have a binary structure of the form 'S knows that p'. Contrastivism was suggested as an alternative to [[contextualism]]. Both are semantic theories that try to explain [[skepticism]] using semantic methods. | ||
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Revision as of 18:35, 9 February 2023
Contrastivism, or the contrast theory of meaning, is an epistemological theory proposed by Jonathan Schaffer that suggests that knowledge attributions have a ternary structure of the form 'S knows that p rather than q'. This is in contrast to the traditional view whereby knowledge attributions have a binary structure of the form 'S knows that p'. Contrastivism was suggested as an alternative to contextualism. Both are semantic theories that try to explain skepticism using semantic methods.