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This collection is a lively and engaging resource for scholars interested in the crucial impact relativism has had on the way we think about the meaning of truth, and what is right and wrong.
Introduction Maria Baghramian Section 1: The Many Kinds of Relativism 1. Relativism, Standards and Aesthetic Judgements James O. Young 2. Relativism and our warrant for scientific theories Paul Faulkner 3. Indexical Relativism versus Genuine Relativism Max Kölbel 4. The Many Relativisms and the Question of Disagreement Dan López de Sa 5. How to Spell Out Genuine Relativism and How to Defend Indexical Relativism Max Kölbel Section II: Motivating Relativism 6. Cross-cultural Understanding: its Philosophical and Anthropological Problems Christoph Jamme 7. Intuition, Revelation, and Relativism Steven D. Hales 8. The Untruth in Relativism Christopher A. Dustin 9. Relativism and Reflexivity Robert Lockie 10. Iterated Non-Refutation: Robert Lockie on Relativism Anders Tolland 11. Response to Anders Tolland's 'Iterated Non-Refutation: Robert Lockie on Relativism' Robert Lockie Section III: Wittgenstein's Relativism 12. Relativism and the Abolition of the Other Simon Blackburn 13. Wittgenstein and Relativism Paul O'Grady 14. Religion, Relativism, and Wittgenstein's Naturalism Bob Plant 15. On Epistemic and Moral Certainty: A Wittgensteinian Approach Michael Kober 16. Filling Out the Picture: Wittgenstein on Differences and Alternatives Tracy Bowell