tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30588510.post2759362020438518786..comments2024-01-20T19:11:56.655+00:00Comments on metaphysical values: Ross' rants for todayRobbie Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02081389310232077607noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30588510.post-72732724041557332812007-04-24T07:08:00.000+01:002007-04-24T07:08:00.000+01:00Hi Craig, given your examples I'm not really sure ...Hi Craig, given your examples I'm not really sure what you mean by 'relativism'. If by that you simply mean that people disagree or have different experiences, fine. But if you mean to go from there to say that all epistemic are culturally relative or subjective in a strong sense then I fail to see how the former differences support this latter position. Either way, few people are probably going to see your "evidence" here as damaging to their views. But maybe I've misunderstood what you meant to say here.Ian and Gildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268880946042907925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30588510.post-85967579716824870822007-04-22T22:31:00.000+01:002007-04-22T22:31:00.000+01:00I am wishing you had included a link to the Guardi...I am wishing you had included a link to the Guardian article, for I sometimes enjoy reading articles condemning naive relativism about truth. Usually they don't acknowledge that it's only naive relativism they are attacking.<BR/><BR/>You invite a question: Are you also an opponent of sophisticated relativism about truth? Or beauty or goodness? I ask because I have lately been noting a particular argument in favor of moral objectivism.<BR/><BR/>The argument runs "Argument A for moral relativism works equally real for epistemic relativism (if 'epistemic' is the word I should use), and epistemic relativism is absurd. Therefore moral relativism is also absurd". What the proponent never notices is that epistemic relativism is what we observe around us. There are in fact people walking around who see a world completely unlike the one you and I (let us stipulate) see. We call them "Crazy". Even more damaging, there are people, Intelligent Design proponents for a notable example, who look at the evidence for evolution that the whole biology community sees, and don't see any evidence for evolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30588510.post-19210477478699389552007-04-22T12:26:00.000+01:002007-04-22T12:26:00.000+01:00I'm tempted by the thought that 'cappuccinos' is o...I'm tempted by the thought that 'cappuccinos' is ok in English. When a foreign word becomes common it's not atypical for the plural form to shift. I think.<BR/><BR/>Consider, for example, soprano/ sopranos (who the heck says soprani?)<BR/><BR/>and concerto: concertosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com