The epistemic view that the truth conditions of knowledge attributions (S knows that p) vary with the context of the attributor — what counts as knowing varies depending on the stakes and purposes of the person making the attribution.
Explains why we confidently attribute knowledge in ordinary contexts while skeptical doubts seem to undermine all knowledge claims: high-stakes or philosophically reflective contexts raise the bar for knowledge, low-stakes contexts lower it.
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