On Contextual Epistemology

With the philosophy of science of diversification, contextualize concerning become prominent, also become increasingly core analysis tools, use the contextualize way research epistemological problems has become a trend. Therefore, based on the context of the history of science, social, cultural and psychological aspects of the unified into an impossible, integral reduction, puts forward the contextual epistemology, summarizes the characteristics of contextual epistemology, fitting context of troubled epistemology skepticism problem launch analysis, structure a dynamic and contextual exchange rational standard.This article in addition to introduction and conclusion outside the main is divided into three parts:the first section explores the origin of contextual epistemology. First is the epistemology with thoughts origin:from Correspondence Theory to Coherence Theory to Pragmatism; Second is the important influence on the contextual epistemology has two theories:know closed theory and related choice theory. The second part in-depth analysis of the contextual epistemology features. First, the contextual epistemology is without language change (in different context, true and false value different); Secondly, contextual epistemology with individual differences (basis epistemology individual beliefs, background knowledge, perception, operation ability, heart conditions, resulting in the different individual cognitive may be different); Again, through context sensitive subject to decide according to different cognitive standard (subject of decided to use high standard context instinct or low standard); At last, the paper introduces the cognitive dynamic mechanism of contextual epistemology. The third part introduces the significance of contextual epistemology. First, contextual epistemology in cognitive levels of significance is use the contextual epistemology to explain skepticism problems and wager problems; Secondly, contextual epistemology in philosophy levels of significance:personal context and social context common occurrence function, and contextual epistemology is not synonymous with relativism, it can bring knowledge of objectivity.Contextual epistemology is about the theory of the true value conditions attribution sentences rather than knowledge itself describes theories, namely concern is true or false, rather than "know" or not. For people of the contextual epistemology appear to provide a new thinking way, know strategy and the contextual thinking, under the guidance of contextual thinking, contextualism has become a philosophy of science research program with the core based on the context, this paper through the characteristics and the essence of contextual epistemology, in answer to a skeptical questions at the same time, further expand the context of research method meaning, rich context of the research methods. Contextual epistemology study not only to the development of epistemology but also to the philosophy of science research has important significance.