Challenge of Relativism Book

Acknowledgements     ix
Introduction     1
The Grounds of Relativism: A Plethora of Opinion     5
The Roots of Relativism     5
The Nay-Sayers     13
Please Define Your Terms     16
Will the Real Relativist Please Stand Up?     18
Relativism and the Postmodern     22
Conclusion     25
The Branches of Relativism: Classical to Modern     27
Classical Relativism     27
Do Incoherence Arguments Beg the Question?     29
Can the Relativist Defend Relativism Non-Relativistically?     31
Modern Relativism     32
Framework Relativism     35
Relativism and Anti-Realism     37
Does Realism Require a "God's-Eye View"?     42
"Western" Logic     44
Conclusion     47
A Root of Relativism: Wittgenstein and Scepticism     49
Was Wittgenstein a Relativist?     50
Language Games I     51
Style and Method     55
Language Games II     62
Scepticism and Relativism     65
Grammatical Relativism     72
Conclusion     75
A Root of Relativism: Winch and Culture     77
Understanding     84
Explaining     86
Systemization     89
Relativism     93
Relativism as Tolerance I     98
Conclusion     100
The Pluralist Tree: Rorty, Relativism, Diversity and Tolerance     102
The Linguistic Turn     102
Rorty's Critique of Representationalism     107
Rorty and the Influence of Wittgenstein     112
Is Rorty a Relativist?     115
Is Rorty's Relativism Coherent?     122
Relativism as Tolerance II     125
Carl Schmitt: Relativist     130
Relativism and Deliberation: A Case Study     134
Teflon vs. Ruthless Liberalism     136
Conclusion     140
Bibliography     144
Index     153