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It is quite hard to write about. Suppose you are defending the claim. Your conclusion that ‘All knowledge is relative’ inherently seems like a non-relative asse
by dpierce9 3y ago
It is quite hard to write about. Suppose you are defending the claim. Your conclusion that ‘All knowledge is relative’ inherently seems like a non-relative assertion of knowledge. ‘All knowledge is relative except this statement’ seems like cheating (can you say why this one is special without absolutes?). So you have to approach the conclusion obliquely at best.
- jeremyt 3y agoYou're exactly right. Making an objective claim that everything is relative is a performative contradiction...which is why the relativists are wrong. The objectivists are also wrong. The truth is somewhere in the middle...which is why nobody has won the argument yet.
- AnimalMuppet 3y ago> > So you have to approach the conclusion obliquely at best. > Making an objective claim that everything is relative is a performative contradiction...which is why the relativists are wrong. Which is maybe why they approach the conclusion obliquely at best. If you state the conclusion clearly, the contradiction is clearly apparent.
- GoblinSlayer 3y agoThe error there may be in extremism: relativism means that something is relative, not necessarily everything is relative.