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'Metaphysics', 'Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy' and 'Three Dialogues of Hylas and Philonous'
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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 3. Subjectivism
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If truth is relative it is relational, and concerns appearances relative to a situation [Aristotle]
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A hot hand and a cold hand will have different experiences in the same tepid water [Berkeley]
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If relativism is individual, how can something look sweet and not taste it, or look different to our two eyes? [Aristotle]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 6. Relativism Critique
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If the majority had diseased taste, and only a few were healthy, relativists would have to prefer the former [Aristotle]
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It is very confused to deduce a nonrelativist morality of universal toleration from relativism [Williams,B]
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Our ability to react to an alien culture shows that ethical thought extends beyond cultural boundaries [Williams,B]
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