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The idea that truth might be relative has recently been taken seriously again in philosophy, after years of ill repute. Crispin Wright has been a leading critic of the new relativism: this volume charts the development of his thinking on the topic over two decades.

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1: On Being in a Quandary: Relativism, Vagueness, Logical Revisionism (2001) 2: Intuitionism, Realism, Relativism and Rhubarb (2006) 3: New Age Relativism and Epistemic Possibility: The Question of Evidence (2007) 4: Relativism about Truth itself: Haphazard thoughts about the Very Idea (2008) 5: Fear of Relativism (2008) 6: Trumping Assessments and the Aristotelian future (2009) (Co-authored with Sebastiano Moruzzi) 7: Assessment-Sensitivity: The Manifestation Challenge (2016) 8: Talking with Vultures (2017) (Co-authored with Filippo Ferrari) 9: The Variability of 'knows': An Opinionated Overview (2017) 10: Alethic Pluralism, Deflationism, and Faultless Disagreement (2021)

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/09/2023
      ISBN13: 9780192845993, 978-0192845993
      ISBN10: 0192845993

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The idea that truth might be relative has recently been taken seriously again in philosophy, after years of ill repute. Crispin Wright has been a leading critic of the new relativism: this volume charts the development of his thinking on the topic over two decades.

      Table of Contents
      1: On Being in a Quandary: Relativism, Vagueness, Logical Revisionism (2001) 2: Intuitionism, Realism, Relativism and Rhubarb (2006) 3: New Age Relativism and Epistemic Possibility: The Question of Evidence (2007) 4: Relativism about Truth itself: Haphazard thoughts about the Very Idea (2008) 5: Fear of Relativism (2008) 6: Trumping Assessments and the Aristotelian future (2009) (Co-authored with Sebastiano Moruzzi) 7: Assessment-Sensitivity: The Manifestation Challenge (2016) 8: Talking with Vultures (2017) (Co-authored with Filippo Ferrari) 9: The Variability of 'knows': An Opinionated Overview (2017) 10: Alethic Pluralism, Deflationism, and Faultless Disagreement (2021)

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