TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gifford,N.L.
TI  - When in Rome: an introduction to relativism and knowledge 
T2  - SUNY series in philosophy
SN  - 9780873956673
AV  - BD221 .W446 1983
PY  - 1983///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Relativity
KW  - Knowledge, Theory of
N1  - 2; Chapter 1: The problem of knowledge --; Knowledge, who needs it? --; "I'm from Missouri--show me" --; Have a seat --; Belief, everybody's got one --; The foundations of knowledge --; Chapter 2: Naive Relativism --; Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: subjective knowledge --; Subjective evidence: a philosophical dilemma --; Different strokes for different folks: abuses --; The problem of evidence --; Chapter 3: Context relativism --; The importance of context: three examples --; Argument from uniqueness: the relativist's challenge --; Philosophers at work --; Subject and object --; It all depends on what you mean: abuses --; Increasing our knowledge of the world --; Chapter 4: Cultural relativism --; The argument from language --; Social scientists at work: Benedict and Marx --; The philosopher's dilemma returns: the problem of intersubjectivity --; Tools of evidence: confirmation and explanation --; Pseudo-generalization/pseudo-knowledge: abuses --; Science and knowledge --; Chapter 5: Empirical knowledge --; A modification --; Dialogue with the popular relativist --; A final defense of objectivity and universality; 2; b
ER  -