According to the Epistemic Theory of Mind, knowledge is part of the best overall framework for explaining behavior at the psychological level. This theory, which has become increasingly popular in recent decades, has almost always been conjoined with an invariantist theory of “knows.” In this paper, I argue that this is a mistake: the Epistemic Theory of Mind is far more explanatorily powerful when conjoined with contextualism. I conclude that if the Epistemic Theory of Mind is true, then there is a powerful new reason to accept contextualism.

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不变论、语境论和知识的解释力

根据心灵认知理论，知识是解释心理层面行为的最佳总体框架的一部分。这一理论在近几十年来变得越来越流行，几乎总是与“知道”的不变论联系在一起。在本文中，我认为这是一个错误：当与情境主义结合时，认知理论的解释力要强大得多。我的结论是，如果心灵认知理论是正确的，那么就有一个强有力的新理由接受情境主义。