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    It is not the case that If the agent's belief tracks all available evidence and the social role functions as kingship, 'knowing him to be king' may be warranted under contextualism.

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    • 1.Tracking available evidence doesn't guarantee truth; a role-bearer might lack legitimate authority, making knowledge claims false despite evidence.
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    • 2.Contextualism about knowledge risks triviality if merely shifting standards permits warranted belief to become knowledge without objective justification gain.
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    • 3.Social role recognition requires normative acceptance by communities, not just evidence; shifting contexts cannot override constitutive social norms.
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    • 1.Contextualism allows knowledge attributions to vary with conversational standards, making 'knowing' context-sensitive rather than absolute.
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    • 2.When evidence comprehensively supports a social role claim, belief tracking that evidence satisfies justification requirements for knowledge.
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    • 3.Social roles constitute real categories; recognizing kingship based on role-constituting evidence is epistemically legitimate knowledge attribution.
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