FALLACY OF NATURALISM AS A RESPONSE TO THE RELATIVIST

• Authors: Bärnthaler Richard
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article is a response to Howard Sankey’s (2010) ‘Witchcraft, Relativism and the Problem of the Criterion.’ It seeks to refute two central arguments that are brought forward by Sankey. First, the relativist is sceptic about norm-justification and second that naturalism could serve as a response to the relativist. The author will demonstrate, by the use of historical cases, that epistemic norms cannot be subjected to empirical evaluation without using the very norms that are the target of analysis. Finally, he will reject the assertion that the conclusion of his critique implies a form of equal validity.

Keywords

EN

EPISTEMIC NORMS; EQUAL VALIDITY; NATURALISM; OBJECTIVITY; RELATIVISM; SANKEY HOWARD

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 316 - 338

Contributors

author

Bärnthaler Richard

• Department of Development Studies, University of Vienna, Sensengasse 3/2/2, A-1090 Vienna, Austria