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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism
A dog seems handsome to another a dog, and even a pig to another pig [Epicharmus]
     Full Idea: Dog seems very handsome to dog, and ox to ox, and donkey very handsome to donkey, and even pig to pig.
     From: Epicharmus (comedies (frags) [c.470 BCE], B05), quoted by (who?) - where?
Foucault challenges knowledge in psychology and sociology, not in the basic sciences [Foucault, by Gutting]
     Full Idea: Foucault's project is to question quite specific claims to cognitive authority, made by many psychologists and social scientists. He has not problems with other domains, such as mathematics and the basic sciences.
     From: report of Michel Foucault (works [1978]) by Gary Gutting - Foucault: a very short introduction 5
     A reaction: Nowadays we describe his target as Epistemic Injustice (see book of that title by Miranda Fricker).