Relativism / Maria Baghramian and Annalisa Coliva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baghramian, Maria, author.

Coliva, Annalisa, 1973- author.

Series:

New problems of philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relativity.

Relativity--History.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 322 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Contents:

1 The what and why of relativism p. 5

1.1 Defining relativism p. 6

1.2 Motivating relativism p. 11

1.2.1 Overcoming persistent disagreement p. 11

1.2.2 Accommodating difference p. 14

1.2.3 The inevitability of perspectivalism p. 17

1.2.4 The virtues of relativism p. 19

1.3 Forms of relativism p. 20

1.3.1 Global versus local relativism p. 20

1.3.2 Varieties of local relativism p. 21

1.3.3 New relativism p. 22

2 A brief history of a complex idea p. 25

2.1 The beginnings p. 26

2.1.1 The first relativist p. 27

2.1.2 Pyrrhonian relativism p. 29

2.2 Relativism and modern philosophy p. 32

2.2.1 The Counter-Enlightenment p. 36

2.3 Relativism in the 19th century p. 39

2.3.1 Historicism and its impact p. 40

2.3.2 Neo-Kantian relativism p. 43

2.3.3 The British discussion p. 44

2.3.4 The French discussion p. 47

2.3.5 The impact of science p. 47

2.4 Relativism and contemporary philosophy p. 51

2.4.1 Relativism and contemporary European philosophy p. 51

2.4.2 Relativism and contemporary analytic philosophy p. 55

3 Relativizing truth p. 62

3.1 The many faces of alethic relativism p. 62

3.1.1 Classical alethic relativism p. 63

3.1.2 The charge of self-refutation p. 65

3.2 New truth-relativism p. 68

3.2.1 New truth-relativism: Kölbel p. 69

3.2.2 New truth-relativism: MacFarlane p. 73

3.2.3 Against New truth-relativism p. 77

3.3 Other ways to be alethic relativist? p. 85

4 Relativizing conceptual schemes p. 92

4.1 The many faces of conceptual relativism p. 92

4.2 Conceptual relativism 1: the holistic model p. 95

4.2.1 Against conceptual relativism 1: Donald Davidson p. 98

4.3 Conceptual relativism 2: the Wittgensteinian model p. 110

5 Relativizing the world p. 117

5.1 The social construction of reality p. 118

5.2 Linguistic constructivism p. 120

5.3 Ontological constructivism p. 127

5.4 Epistemic constructivism p. 135

6 Relativizing science p. 141

6.1 The background: Kuhn and Feyerabend p. 142

6.1.1 Kuhn's alleged relativism p. 142

6.1.2 Feyerabend's democratic relativism p. 145

6.2 Grounds for relativism about science p. 146

6.2.1 Underdetermination of theory by data p. 146

6.2.2 Holism p. 148

6.2.3 Theory-ladenness of observation p. 150

6.2.4 Incommensurability p. 153

6.3.1 Sociology of science and the "Strong Programme" p. 156

6.3.2 Feminist epistemology and relativist interpretations of science p. 161

6.4 Relativism as a normative stance p. 167

7 Relativizing justification p. 171

7.1 The many faces of epistemic relativism p. 171

7.2 Relativizing justification p. 173

7.2.1 Conflicting evidentiary principles: the dispute between Bellarmine and Galileo p. 173

7.2.2 Conflicting principles of logic: the Azande's example p. 177

7.2.3 Alterative explanatory principles: the Zande notion of causal explanation p. 178

7.3 Against relativism about justification p. 179

7.4 Hinge epistemology and relativism p. 190

7.4.1 Different hinges and theories p. 193

7.4.2 Different methods I p. 194

7.4.3 Different methods II p. 197

8 How to formulate epistemic relativism p. 205

8.1 The replacement model p. 206

8.1.1 Boghossian on the replacement model p. 206

8.1.1.1 The normativity problem p. 207

8.1.1.2 The infinite regress problem p. 207

8.1.1.3 The endorsement problem p. 208

8.1.1.4 The entailment problem p. 208

8.1.1.5 The disagreement problem p. 208

8.1.2 Kusch on the replacement model p. 209

8.1.2.1 The normativity problem p. 211

8.1.2.2 The endorsement and the infinite regress problem p. 211

8.1.2.3 The entailment problem p. 211

8.1.2.4 The disagreement problem p. 211

8.1.3 Problems with the replacement model p. 212

8.2 Epistemic truth-relativism p. 214

8.2.1 Problems with epistemic truth-relativism p. 217

9 Relativizing moral values p. 225

9.1 The many faces of ethical relativism p. 225

9.2 Metaethical relativism p. 228

9.2.1 The metaphysical response p. 229

9.2.2 Against the metaphysical argument p. 234

9.3 Truth-Relativism in the moral domain p. 238

9.3.1 Against moral truth-relativism p. 241

9.4 Argument from incommensurable alternatives p. 243

9.4.1 Ethical relativism and value-incommensurability p. 249

9.4.2 Against relativism of incommensurable alternatives p. 251

10 Questioning relativism p. 256

10.1 Relativism as perspectivalism p. 257

10.2 Relativism as multimundiaiism p. 260

10.3 Relativism and dialetheism p. 261

10.4 Relativism and subvaluationism p. 264

10.5 Relativism and superassertibility p. 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1138818550

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1138818542

OCLC:

1102478193