dmb, Well then, how about a clear definition of the 'relativism' you made a case against? If it's 'truth relativism,' clearly define it? If it's 'cognitive relativism,' clearly define it. Not fair saying it's the same as Hickman and Hildebrand's definition, and RMP did not define it.
Marsha On Feb 6, 2010, at 2:10 PM, david buchanan wrote: > > Marsha said to dmb: > Sorry, but I don't even remember you giving an adequate definition of > 'relativism,' let alone making a case against it. > > > > dmb says: > > That's not fair. In answering you directly, I already explained that there is > more than one kind of "relativism" and that the debate between Steve and I > was mostly about truth relativism or cognitive relativism. There is a strong > ethnocentric aspect of Rorty's work that also gets into cultural relativism. > The debate between Steve and I mostly focused on specific and concrete issues > as they were presented in books by Hickman, Hildebrand, Pirsig, and in the > Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. If that's not good enough for you, then > it's hard to imagine what could be. > > Maybe you should look into it for yourself. Much has been written. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
