Contextualists resolve the paradox of the Brain in a Vat (BIV) argument by asserting that in low-standard contexts, the first premise and the conclusion of the BIV argument are false because we meet low standards of knowledge, whereas in high-standard contexts, the first premise and the conclusion are true because our epistemic position is not strong enough to meet high standards.

Authors

• Person: Matthias Steup, Ram Neta Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Person: Not available Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Epistemology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2019 Edition)

Sources

• Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Matthias Steup, Ram Neta · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper
• Epistemology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2019 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper
• Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Matthias Steup, Ram Neta · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

Referenced by nodes (3)

• Brain-in-a-vat argument concept
• knowledge concept
• Contextualism concept