Contextualism

Contextualism, also known as epistemic contextualism, is a family of views in philosophy which emphasize tbe context in which an action, utterance, or expression occurs. Proponents of contextualism argue that, in some important respect, tbe action, utterance, or expression can only be understood relative to that context. Contextualist views hold that philosophically controversial concepts, such as "meaning P", "knowing that P", "having a reason to A", and possibly even "being true" or "being right" only have meaning relative to a specified context. Otber philosophers contend that context-dependence leads to complete relativism.