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'''In philosophy''', contextualism mostly just emphasizes that actions and utterance happen inside a particular context. | '''In philosophy''', contextualism mostly just emphasizes that actions and utterance happen inside a particular context. | ||
For example to point out that the meaning of some actions may only be understood in that context, and not ''just'' from also being another person that exists. | |||
And, somewhat more controversially, that how ''correct'' a choice or outcome is may be similarly contextual - which gets into [[ethical relativism]], or at least [[situational ethics]]. | And, somewhat more controversially, that how ''correct'' a choice or outcome is may be similarly contextual - which gets into [[ethical relativism]], or at least [[situational ethics]]. | ||