This volume gathers papers by many of the best-known philosophers now at work on issues of realism and relativism across the field of philosophy. The result is representative of the best cutting-edge work in the area.
- Includes work both on the ontology and epistemology of the normative as well as on more general metaphysical and epistemological issues of relativism and realism
- Essays include discussions of relativism and the first-person perspective, underdetermination and realism, and mathematical realism and epistemic relativism, plus many other points of reflection
Part I: Metaphysis and Logic:.
1. Realism and Relativism: Akeel Bilgrami.
2. Underdetermination and Realism: Michael Devitt.
3. Quantifier Variance and Realism: Eli Hirsch.
4. Conceptual Relativity and Metaphysical Realism: Terry Horgan and Mark Timmons.
5. Response-dependence without Tears: Frank Jackson and Philip Pettit.
6. Is there a True Metaphysics of Material Objects? Alan Sidelle.
7. Knowledge of the World: Galen Strawson.
8. The Number of Things: Peter van Inwagen.
9. On Logical Relativity: Achille C. Varzi.
10. Abstract Objects: A Case Study: Stephen Yablo.
Part II: Metaethics:.
11. Meta-Ethics and Normative Commitment: James Dreier.
12. Earning the Right to Realism or Relativism in Ethics: Carol Rovane.
13. Moral Realism and Indeterminacy: Stephen Schiffer.
14. Moral Relativity and Intuitionism: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong.
15. Exploring the Implications of the Dispositional Theory of Value: Michael Smith.
Contributors.
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