<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Epistemic relativism comes in many forms, which have been much discussed in the last decade or so in analytic epistemology. My goal is to defend a version of epistemic relativism that sources the relativity in the metaphysics of epistemic properties and relations, most saliently knowledge. I contrast it with other relativist theses. I argue that the sort of metaphysical relativism about knowledge I favor does not threaten the objectivity of the epistemological domain.</p></abstract>

Epistemic relativism comes in many forms, which have been much discussed in the last decade or so in analytic epistemology. My goal is to defend a version of epistemic relativism that sources the relativity in the metaphysics of epistemic properties and relations, most saliently knowledge. I contrast it with other relativist theses. I argue that the sort of metaphysical relativism about knowledge I favor does not threaten the objectivity of the epistemological domain.

Is Epistemology Tainted?

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Epistemic relativism comes in many forms, which have been much discussed in the last decade or so in analytic epistemology. My goal is to defend a version of...

Is Epistemology Tainted?

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 1 - 35

Received: Jun 18, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2016-0001

Keywords
Knowledge, vagueness, relativism

© 2016 Jason Stanley, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Is Epistemology Tainted?

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 1 - 35

Received: Jun 18, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2016-0001

KeywordsKnowledge, vagueness, relativism

© 2016 Jason Stanley, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Knowledge, vagueness, relativism