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- noun One who subscribes to the philosophy of
epistemicism .
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The epistemicist says that there are semantic facts that are beyond our possible knowledge.
The Problem of the Many Weatherson, Brian 2009
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To be sure, the epistemicist cannot say exactly how meaning supervenes on use, and so cannot calculate the meaning or truth-conditions of a claim given facts about use (vagueness is a matter of ineliminable ignorance).
Sorites Paradox Hyde, Dominic 2005
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(Again, perdurantists may adopt one of these epistemicist strategies, but typically do not.)
Temporal Parts Hawley, Katherine 2004
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Hudson (2000) defends an epistemicist temporal parts theory.
Temporal Parts Hawley, Katherine 2004
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(This involves an ˜epistemicist™ account of vagueness.)
Temporal Parts Hawley, Katherine 2004
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