A Companion to Relativism

Copyright © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to Relativism

Editor(s): Steven D. Hales

Published Online: 20 APR 2011 10:56AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781405190213

Online ISBN: 9781444392494

DOI: 10.1002/9781444392494

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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 relativism
  • Presents a substantial, broad range of current thinking about relativism
  • Addresses relativism from many of the major subfields of philosophy, including philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of science, logic, and metaphysics

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xi)

    1. Introduction (pages 1–8)

  3. Part I: Characterizing Relativism

    1. Chapter 1

      Global Relativism and Self-Refutation (pages 9–30)

      Max Kölbel

    2. Chapter 2

      Relativism Requires Alternatives, Not Disagreement or Relative Truth (pages 31–52)

      Carol Rovane

    3. Chapter 3

      Three Kinds of Relativism (pages 53–69)

      Paul Boghossian

    4. Chapter 4

      Varieties of Relativism and the Reach of Reasons (pages 70–84)

      Michael Krausz

  4. Part II: Truth and Language

    1. Chapter 5

      Truth Relativism and Truth Pluralism (pages 85–101)

      Michael P. Lynch

    2. Chapter 6

      The Many Relativisms: Index, Context, and Beyond (pages 102–117)

      Dan López de Sa

    3. Chapter 7

      Variation in Intuitions about Reference and Ontological Disagreements (pages 118–136)

      Edouard Machery

    4. Chapter 8

      Centered Worlds and the Content of Perception (pages 137–158)

      Berit Brogaard

    5. Chapter 9

      Conceptual Relativism (pages 159–178)

      Kenneth A. Taylor

    6. Chapter 10

      The Limits of Relativism in the Late Wittgenstein (pages 179–197)

      Patricia Hanna and Bernard Harrison

  5. Part III: Epistemic Relativism

    1. Chapter 11

      Epistemological Relativism: Arguments Pro and Con (pages 199–218)

      Harvey Siegel

    2. Chapter 12

      Relativism About Epistemic Modals (pages 219–241)

      Andy Egan

    3. Chapter 13

      Relativism and Confirmation Theory (pages 242–265)

      Igor Douven

    4. Chapter 14

      Epistemic Relativism, Epistemic Incommensurability, and Wittgensteinian Epistemology (pages 266–285)

      Duncan Pritchard

    5. Chapter 15

      Relativism and Contextualism (pages 286–305)

      Patrick Rysiew

  6. Part IV: Moral Relativism

    1. Chapter 16

      Relativism in Contemporary Liberal Political Philosophy (pages 307–325)

      Graham M. Long

    2. Chapter 17

      Secularism, Liberalism, and Relativism (pages 326–345)

      Akeel Bilgrami

    3. Chapter 18

      Moral Relativism and Moral Psychology (pages 346–367)

      Christian B. Miller

    4. Chapter 19

      Bare Bones Moral Realism and the Objections from Relativism (pages 368–390)

      Mark Balaguer

    5. Chapter 20

      Virtue Ethics and Moral Relativism (pages 391–410)

      Christopher W. Gowans

    6. Chapter 21

      Relativist Explanations of Interpersonal and Group Disagreement (pages 411–429)

      David B. Wong

  7. Part V: Relativism in the Philosophy of Science

    1. Chapter 22

      Relativism and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge (pages 431–455)

      David Bloor

    2. Chapter 23

      Incommensurability and Theory Change (pages 456–474)

      Howard Sankey

    3. Chapter 24

      Thomas Kuhn's Relativistic Legacy (pages 475–488)

      Alexander Bird

    4. Chapter 25

      Anti-Realism and Relativism (pages 489–508)

      Christopher Norris

  8. Part VI: Logical, Mathematical, and Ontological Relativism

    1. Chapter 26

      Horror Contradictionis (pages 509–525)

      Johan Van Benthem

    2. Chapter 27

      Varieties of Pluralism and Relativism for Logic (pages 526–552)

      Stewart Shapiro

    3. Chapter 28

      Relativism in Set Theory and Mathematics (pages 553–568)

      Otávio Bueno

    4. Chapter 29

      Putnam's Model-Theoretic Argument (pages 569–587)

      Maximilian de Gaynesford

    5. Chapter 30

      Quine's Ontological Relativity (pages 588–603)

      Gary L. Hardcastle

    6. Chapter 31

      Carving Up a Reality in Which There are no Joints (pages 604–620)

      Crawford L. Elder

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      Index (pages 621–662)

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