Preface
1. Deep Engagement1. Introduction1.0 Relativism and Cultural
Diversity at First Glance1.1 Cultural Diversity without
Relativism1.2 The Turn Toward Relativism2. Deep Engagement2.0 A Few
Caveats2.1 Attributive Symmetry2.2 Reflective Symmetry2.3
Complexity of Context2.4 Dangling Pieces2.5 The First Person3. How
Close Does This Get Us to Relativism?
2. The Relativist, Anti-Relativist Dance1. Introduction1.1 A
Definition of Relativism1.2 Details of the Accusations2. The
Relativist ~ Anti-Relativist Dance2.1 Preface2.2 The Charge of
Self-Refutation2.2.1 Against Ethical Relativism2.2.2 Against
Epistemic Relativism2.3 The Relativist’s Response2.4 The Charge of
Incoherence2.4.1. Against Epistemic Relativism2.4.2. Against
Ethical Relativism2.5 Tools for a Relativistic Picture2.5.1. A
Relativist Point of View2.5.2. Relative Content3. Conclusion
3. Science, Success, and Alternatives1. The Tension Between Science
and Alternative Epistemic Practices2. The Intuition of a ‘Clear
Winner’ and a ‘Clear Loser’3. Comparing the Fruits of Competing
Practices3.1 A Particular Example3.2 Why the Intuition Fails3.3 A
Bold Claim3.4 Success the Other Way Around4. Comparing the Inner
Theoretical Workings of Competing Practices5. Reassessing the
Intuition of Success
4. The Dynamic of Resonance and Loss1. Introduction2. Relativism
and Ambivalence3. The Dynamic of Resonance and Loss3.1. Two
Contrasting Epistemic Stances3.1.1 Relation between Subject and
Object3.1.1a Proximity of Subject and Object3.1.1b Likeness between
Subject and Object3.1.2 Capturing Knowledge3.1.2a Process of
Gathering Information3.1.2b Form of Information3.1.2c Primary Mode
of Constituting Knowledge3.1.3 Calibration of Knowledge3.1.3a
Measurement of Knowledge3.1.3b Aim of Collecting Knowledge3.1.3c
Value of Knowledge3.2 Resonance3.3 Loss3.3.1 The First Moment:
Estrangement3.3.2 The Second Moment: Pull4. Assessment is Internal
to Stance5. Relativism and the Success of Science: A Shared
Space
5. The Space Where Relativism and Realism Meet1. The Remaining
Objection2. The Realist Argument against Relativism3. A Thought
Experiment4. Incompleteness and the Metaphysical Space for a
Genuine Variety of Epistemic Practices5. Reacting to Rich
Realism5.1 Uneasiness about Other Worlds5.2 The Burden of the
Argument6. The Anti-Relativist’s Response6.1 The Broad Claim to
Comprehensiveness6.2 The More Limited Claim to Comprehensiveness7.
Fitting Realism and Relativism Together
6. Broad, Compelling, and Coherent Relativism1. Entrenched
Conflict2. Distinctiveness of Entrenched Conflict2.1 Not Defined by
Polar Opposition of Claims2.2 Not Dependent on a Reified Concept of
Culture2.3 Not Defined by Complete Untranslatability or
Incomprehensibility2.4 Not an “Anything Goes” View2.5 Not Defined
by Tolerance2.6 Not an Absolute Claim3. A Space for Criticism3.1
Criticism of Others3.2 Criticism/Construction of Ourselves4.
Conclusion
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Alyssa Luboff is an independent philosopher living in Portland, Oregon. She earned her B.A. in philosophy with honors from Yale Universitiy, and her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Chicago. She has taught at Grand Valley State University (Michigan), Portland State University (Oregon), and ESPOCH University (Riobamba, Ecuador). Her research brings together philosophical and anthropological reflection, drawing especially on her experiences living and working in the Ecuadorian Chocó rainforest. She believes that cross-cultural investigation is not only imperative in our rapidly shifting times, but that it may hold the key to solving our most pressing global problems.
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