I would like to thank Aleksandra Łukaszewicz for her interest in my work and words of appreciation. Her reply gave me the chance to better specify the overall purpose of my article (Mazzocchi 2022), together with some key points and… Read More ›
relativism
Can Standpoint Epistemology Avoid Inconsistency, Circularity, and Unnecessariness? A Comment on Ashton’s Remarks about Epistemic Privilege, Part II, Claudio Javier Cormick
Section 4: Back to a Relativistic Understanding of Standpoint Theory? The Problem of Circularity and, yet another one, Unnecessariness Now, if the standpoint thesis cannot plausibly be weakened so that it leaves room for a neutral ranking of standpoints (that… Read More ›
Can Standpoint Epistemology Avoid Inconsistency, Circularity, and Unnecessariness? A Comment on Ashton’s Remarks about Epistemic Privilege, Part I, Claudio Javier Cormick
In two provocative and interesting articles (Ashton 2019, 2020),[1] Natalie Ashton argues that standpoint epistemologies, though are not presented by their own authors as cases of epistemic relativism, are in fact relativistic, in a sense she reconstructs on the basis… Read More ›
Relativism Relativized: A Review of Relativism and Post-Truth in Contemporary Society: Possibilities and Challenges, Sheldon Richmond
As I commit my thoughts to ink on paper, I hear a fly buzzing around my ear. The fly happened to fly from a workshop about relativism, and its varieties, as it occurs in today’s society. Needless to say, I… Read More ›
Asking the Best Questions About Epistemology, Adam Riggio
Author Information: Adam Riggio, Royal Crown College, serrc.digital@gmail.com. Riggio, Adam. “Asking the Best Questions About Epistemology.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 11 (2018): 31-35. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-42Y My response to… Read More ›
Pragmatic vs. Dialectical Strategies for Resisting Epistemic Relativism: A Reply to Richard Fumerton, Steven Bland
Author Information: Steven Bland, Huron University College, sbland2@uwo.ca Bland, Steven.“Pragmatic vs. Dialectical Strategies for Resisting Epistemic Relativism: A Reply to Richard Fumerton.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 5, no. 5 (2016): 37-40. The PDF of the article gives specific… Read More ›
Relativism and Uncertainty – A Response to Lukes and Riggio, Mikael Stenmark
Author Information: Mikael Stenmark, Uppsala University, mikael.stenmark@teol.uu.se Stenmark, Mikael. “Relativism and Uncertainty – A Response to Lukes and Riggio.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 3, no. 7 (2014): 10-15. The PDF of the article gives specific page numbers. Shortlink:… Read More ›
“I Feel Like I’ve Heard All This Before,” A Reply to Stenmark and Lukes, Adam Riggio
Author Information: Adam Riggio, McMaster University, adamriggio@gmail.com Riggio, Adam. “‘I Feel Like I’ve Heard All This Before,’ A Reply to Stenmark and Lukes.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 3, no. 5 (2014): 73-76. The PDF of the article gives… Read More ›
How Relativist Should We Be? A Reply to Stenmark, Steven Lukes
Author Information: Steven Lukes, New York University, sl53@nyu.edu Lukes, Steven. “How Relativist Should We Be? A Reply to Stenmark.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 3, no. 5 (2014): 13-16. The PDF of the article gives specific page numbers. Shortlink:… Read More ›