On the Pragmatic Explanation of Concessive Knowledge Attributions

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Abstract

On Lewis's reading, fallibilism is the contradictory view that it is possible that S knows that p, even though S cannot eliminate some remote scenarios in which not-p. The pragmatic strategy is to make the alleged contradiction a mere pragmatic implicature, which is explained by false conversational expectations. I argue that the pragmatic strategy fails.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)225-237
Number of pages13
JournalSouthern Journal of Philosophy
Volume47
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2009

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Philosophy

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