Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:52:11 +0200
From: Giorgio Menon <giorgio.menon-AT-pd.infn.it>
To: feyerabend-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [PKF] Relativism


truc jones wrote:

> Thanks Paul
>
> I read the interview.  Despite the slippery slope, boogey man warnings 
> I like the simplicity of relativism.  I am familiar with Paul 
> Churchland's distancing himself from PKF in "Worst Enemy of Science" 
> and I cherished the relativist leanings in PKF's writings.  I think it 
> would be possible for society to make great progress if relativism 
> were seriously explored.  I would greatly appreciate any help in 
> finding material in support of relativism especially in conjunction 
> with eliminative materialism or from a physiological or neuroscience 
> perspective.  Joshua Greene's Oct 2003 article ( 
> www.csmb.princeton.edu/~jdgreene/ ) triggered my relativism scanner 
> but he calls it antimoral realism or moral subjectivism.  I wonder if 
> and/or why he is avoiding the term relativism.
>
Sorry, but the link to the abovementioned article doesn't work. 
Alternatives?

Best regards

Giorgio


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