RELATIVISM AND ABSOLUTISM: HOW BOTH CAN BE RIGHT |
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| Authors: | WOUTER VAN HAAFTEN |
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| Institution: | Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | This paper makes a small point concerning the contraposition of relativism and absolutism. Relativism need not be vulnerable to the self-refutation argument; as for internal consistency both positions can be equally right. They are asymmetric, however, in that according to the absolutist only one of the two positions can be right, whereas from the relativist's viewpoint they can both be right. |
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