A Defense of the Argument from Ignorance
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2006-12
Authors
Howard, Benjamin R.
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Abstract
My thesis seeks to defend the Argument from Ignorance against Dr. Keith DeRose's contextualist critique. I will attempt to defend AI by demonstrating that the warranted assertability maneuver of invariantism provides a sufficient reason to question contextualism. Further, I will attempt to undermine DeRose's Rule of Sensitivity. I will provide background information on the development of DeRose's contextualist solution as well as briefly consider some alternate solutions to the Argument from Ignorance.
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skepticism, knowledge, invariantism, contextualism, Honors College
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Howard, B. R. (2006). A defense of the argument from ignorance (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.