Aufsatz(elektronisch)6. Mai 2015
Gellner's case against cognitive relativism
In: Thesis eleven: critical theory and historical sociology, Band 128, Heft 1, S. 26-40
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Abstract
Moral relativism is a tragedy and cognitive relativism is a farce – so Gellner argues. First the tragedy: moral relativism is consistent and compelling given moral diversity and contention worldwide. Then the farce: cognitive relativism is self-contradictory and logically false; it is also absurd in view of hard science, which gets testable, cumulative, applicable results that yield high tech; and it is insidious – where logical consistency and empirical accuracy are a dead letter, mummery rules.
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