What is included with this book?
Epistemological Relativism Articulated | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Relativism: general statement | p. 2 |
The difficulties with ER | p. 5 |
Summary | p. 15 |
Recent Attempts to Generate A Non-problematic ER | p. 17 |
Introduction | p. 17 |
Meiland: "No transcendence, therefore relativism" | p. 21 |
Devine: "No neutrality, therefore relativism" | p. 26 |
Swoyer: "No common world, therefore relativism" | p. 32 |
Stich: "No cognitive norms, therefore relativism" | p. 35 |
Summary | p. 40 |
Relativistic Tensions in MacIntyre's Epistemology | p. 45 |
Introduction: three key features of MacIntyre's epistemology | p. 45 |
Rationality within traditions | p. 47 |
Defeating traditions | p. 57 |
Putnam and Rorty on MacIntyre's relativistic tensions | p. 63 |
Relativistic Tensions in Putnam's Epistemology | p. 77 |
Introduction | p. 77 |
Rejection of relativism | p. 78 |
Relativistic tensions in Putnam's epistemology | p. 95 |
MacIntyre and Rorty on Putnam's relativistic tensions | p. 109 |
Conclusion | p. 114 |
Relativistic Tensions in Rorty's "Epistemology" | p. 124 |
Introduction | p. 124 |
Rorty's views on epistemology | p. 124 |
Rorty's views on epistemology and ER | p. 135 |
MacIntyre and Putnam on Rorty's relativistic tensions | p. 141 |
Conclusion | p. 148 |
Toward an ER-Free Epistemology | p. 155 |
Introduction | p. 155 |
The standards conjunct as a necessary condition for epistemology | p. 156 |
Rejecting the no neutrality conjunct | p. 160 |
Accepting local neutrality | p. 161 |
Conclusion | p. 176 |
Bibliography | p. 182 |
Index | p. 191 |
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