Hi Marsha, Yes, possibly. What exactly IS your accusation? What I was suggesting is to drop the trap you have in mind, or else spell it out. Why are you asking for a reference to a definition?
Mark On Nov 22, 2011, at 12:37 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mark, > > Please! I think dmb should work harder to defend William James against this > slanderous, hate-mongering accusation: > > > > “It was classic William James, imbued with a sense of the relativism of all > knowledge, a respect for and curiosity about alternative perspectives, an > instinct to analyze clearly and thoroughly but to develop a synthesis > wherever possible, and a conviction that the truth of any idea or thing is > best understood by observing its action in the world. > > > (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/american/genius/william_bio.html) > > > > Marsha > > > > > > > On Nov 22, 2011, at 12:12 AM, 118 wrote: > >> Marsha, >> You are really chomping at the bit! Give it a rest. >> >> Mark >> >> On Nov 21, 2011, at 2:07 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi dmb, >>> >>> PLEASE SUPPLY THE SOURCE FOR THE DEFINITION OF RELATIVISM (the one in the >>> nutshell) YOU SUPPLIED: >>> >>> Relativism is the view that truth is relative to the culture or the >>> individual, that there is no way to say that one truth is better than >>> another. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Nov 21, 2011, at 3:59 PM, david buchanan wrote: >>> >>>> Calling Pirsig a relativist is not only philosophically incorrect and >>>> inconsistent with the drama of the story, it's also kind of insulting. >>> >>> >>> Marsha: >>> I have said I understand the MoQ to be epistemologically relativistic. You >>> keep conflating cultural relativism and epistemological relativism. The >>> quotes in Lila concerning the anthropologists are clearly about cultural >>> relativism. And you have not supplied the source for the definition you >>> provided. >>> >>> Here is a standard (sourced) definition of relativism: >>> >>> >>> noun Philosophy . >>> any theory holding that criteria of judgment are relative, varying with >>> individuals and their environments. >>> >>> (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/relativism) >>> >>> Please note that it does not preclude judging which of competing truths may >>> be better. >>> >> > > > snip... > > > ___ > > > 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/md/archives.html 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/md/archives.html
