606 | Protagoras absurdly thought that the knowing or perceiving man is 'the measure of all things' [Aristotle on Protagoras] |
247 | God is "the measure of all things", more than any man [Plato on Protagoras] |
612 | Relativists think if you poke your eye and see double, there must be two things [Aristotle on Protagoras] |
335 | Do the gods also hold different opinions about what is right and honourable? [Plato] |
2053 | If you claim that all beliefs are true, that includes beliefs opposed to your own [Plato] |
2054 | Clearly some people are superior to others when it comes to medicine [Plato] |
2059 | How can a relativist form opinions about what will happen in the future? [Plato] |
20921 | How can we state relativism of sweet and sour, if they have no determinate nature? [Theophrastus] |
576 | If the majority had diseased taste, and only a few were healthy, relativists would have to prefer the former [Aristotle] |
7620 | Some kind of objective 'rightness' is a presupposition of thought itself [Putnam] |
6398 | Different points of view make sense, but they must be plotted on a common background [Davidson] |
4243 | Our ability to react to an alien culture shows that ethical thought extends beyond cultural boundaries [Williams,B] |
4244 | It is very confused to deduce a nonrelativist morality of universal toleration from relativism [Williams,B] |
2065 | Not every person is the measure of all things, but only wise people [Plato on Kim] |
1550 | Why didn't Protagoras begin by saying "a tadpole is the measure of all things"? [Plato on Kim] |
3857 | Defeat relativism by emphasising truth and reference, not meaning [Newton-Smith] |
1577 | Relativism is a disease which destroys the possibility of rational debate [Roochnik] |
3878 | Why should you believe someone who says there are no truths? [Scruton] |
7066 | If the world is just texts or social constructs, what are texts and social constructs? [Heil] |