In a related argument, John Hawthorne points out that with uncontroversially context-dependent terms, we naturally employ “the clarification technique”. An example from the previous Section illustrates the point: I balk at your claim that Kansas is flat, pointing out that there is a small rise just ahead. Rather than admitting to a mistake (‘concession’) or simply repeating your claim (‘sticking to one’s guns’), you clarify: “Well, what I meant was that there are very few mountains.” Hawthorne’s point is that we have very few techniques of clarification in the case of ‘know’; whereas, it “is through the clarification technique that sensitivity to context-dependence is manifested” (2004, 104-106).