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A Companion to Relativism presents original contributions from leading scholars that address the latest thinking on the role of relativism in the philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of science, logic, and metaphysics. Features original contributions from many of the leading figures working on various aspects of relativismPresents a substantial, broad range of current thinking about relativismAddresses relativism from many of the major subfields of philosophy, including philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of science, logic, and metaphysics

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors viii

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

Part I Characterizing Relativism 9

1 Global Relativism and Self-Refutation 11
Max Kölbel

2 Relativism Requires Alternatives, Not Disagreement or Relative Truth 31
Carol Rovane

3 Three Kinds of Relativism 53
Paul Boghossian

4 Varieties of Relativism and the Reach of Reasons 70
Michael Krausz

Part II Truth and Language 85

5 Truth Relativism and Truth Pluralism 87
Michael P. Lynch

6 The Many Relativisms: Index, Context, and Beyond 102
Dan López de Sa

7 Variation in Intuitions about Reference and Ontological Disagreements 118
Edouard Machery

8 Centered Worlds and the Content of Perception 137
Berit Brogaard

9 Conceptual Relativism 159
Kenneth A. Taylor

10 The Limits of Relativism in the Late Wittgenstein 179
Patricia Hanna and Bernard Harrison

Part III Epistemic Relativism 199

11 Epistemological Relativism: Arguments Pro and Con 201
Harvey Siegel

12 Relativism About Epistemic Modals 219
Andy Egan

13 Relativism and Confi rmation Theory 242
Igor Douven

14 Epistemic Relativism, Epistemic Incommensurability, and Wittgensteinian Epistemology 266
Duncan Pritchard

15 Relativism and Contextualism 286
Patrick Rysiew

Part IV Moral Relativism 307

16 Relativism in Contemporary Liberal Political Philosophy 309
Graham M. Long

17 Secularism, Liberalism, and Relativism 326
Akeel Bilgrami

18 Moral Relativism and Moral Psychology 346
Christian B. Miller

19 Bare Bones Moral Realism and the Objections from Relativism 368
Mark Balaguer

20 Virtue Ethics and Moral Relativism 391
Christopher W. Gowans

21 Relativist Explanations of Interpersonal and Group Disagreement 411
David B. Wong

Part V Relativism in the Philosophy of Science 431

22 Relativism and the Sociology of Scientifi c Knowledge 433
David Bloor

23 Incommensurability and Theory Change 456
Howard Sankey

24 Thomas Kuhn’s Relativistic Legacy 475
Alexander Bird

25 Anti-Realism and Relativism 489
Christopher Norris

Part VI Logical, Mathematical, and Ontological Relativism 509

26 Horror Contradictionis 511
Johan Van Benthem

27 Varieties of Pluralism and Relativism for Logic 526
Stewart Shapiro

28 Relativism in Set Theory and Mathematics 553
Otávio Bueno

29 Putnam’s Model-Theoretic Argument 569
Maximilian de Gaynesford

30 Quine’s Ontological Relativity 588
Gary L. Hardcastle

31 Carving Up a Reality in Which There are no Joints 604
Crawford L. Elder

Index 621

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 26/06/2020
      ISBN13: 9781119698166, 978-1119698166
      ISBN10: 1119698162
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A Companion to Relativism presents original contributions from leading scholars that address the latest thinking on the role of relativism in the philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of science, logic, and metaphysics. Features original contributions from many of the leading figures working on various aspects of relativismPresents a substantial, broad range of current thinking about relativismAddresses relativism from many of the major subfields of philosophy, including philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of science, logic, and metaphysics

      Table of Contents

      Notes on Contributors viii

      Acknowledgments xi

      Introduction 1

      Part I Characterizing Relativism 9

      1 Global Relativism and Self-Refutation 11
      Max Kölbel

      2 Relativism Requires Alternatives, Not Disagreement or Relative Truth 31
      Carol Rovane

      3 Three Kinds of Relativism 53
      Paul Boghossian

      4 Varieties of Relativism and the Reach of Reasons 70
      Michael Krausz

      Part II Truth and Language 85

      5 Truth Relativism and Truth Pluralism 87
      Michael P. Lynch

      6 The Many Relativisms: Index, Context, and Beyond 102
      Dan López de Sa

      7 Variation in Intuitions about Reference and Ontological Disagreements 118
      Edouard Machery

      8 Centered Worlds and the Content of Perception 137
      Berit Brogaard

      9 Conceptual Relativism 159
      Kenneth A. Taylor

      10 The Limits of Relativism in the Late Wittgenstein 179
      Patricia Hanna and Bernard Harrison

      Part III Epistemic Relativism 199

      11 Epistemological Relativism: Arguments Pro and Con 201
      Harvey Siegel

      12 Relativism About Epistemic Modals 219
      Andy Egan

      13 Relativism and Confi rmation Theory 242
      Igor Douven

      14 Epistemic Relativism, Epistemic Incommensurability, and Wittgensteinian Epistemology 266
      Duncan Pritchard

      15 Relativism and Contextualism 286
      Patrick Rysiew

      Part IV Moral Relativism 307

      16 Relativism in Contemporary Liberal Political Philosophy 309
      Graham M. Long

      17 Secularism, Liberalism, and Relativism 326
      Akeel Bilgrami

      18 Moral Relativism and Moral Psychology 346
      Christian B. Miller

      19 Bare Bones Moral Realism and the Objections from Relativism 368
      Mark Balaguer

      20 Virtue Ethics and Moral Relativism 391
      Christopher W. Gowans

      21 Relativist Explanations of Interpersonal and Group Disagreement 411
      David B. Wong

      Part V Relativism in the Philosophy of Science 431

      22 Relativism and the Sociology of Scientifi c Knowledge 433
      David Bloor

      23 Incommensurability and Theory Change 456
      Howard Sankey

      24 Thomas Kuhn’s Relativistic Legacy 475
      Alexander Bird

      25 Anti-Realism and Relativism 489
      Christopher Norris

      Part VI Logical, Mathematical, and Ontological Relativism 509

      26 Horror Contradictionis 511
      Johan Van Benthem

      27 Varieties of Pluralism and Relativism for Logic 526
      Stewart Shapiro

      28 Relativism in Set Theory and Mathematics 553
      Otávio Bueno

      29 Putnam’s Model-Theoretic Argument 569
      Maximilian de Gaynesford

      30 Quine’s Ontological Relativity 588
      Gary L. Hardcastle

      31 Carving Up a Reality in Which There are no Joints 604
      Crawford L. Elder

      Index 621

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