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Home < Thought of the Week < April 24, 2005

THOUGHT OF THE WEEK


Week of April 24, 2005

Relativism may be true for you, but not for me.

What? You say that's inconsistent? That's funny, because most who say I shouldn't be an "absolutist" would argue that absolutism is definitely a false position. "There are no absolute truths. Except that one. Maybe." Militant pluralists amuse me.

How do you know that we cannot know anything for certain? Are you sure? Do you have reason to doubt your own skepticism? The only way to avoid sounding like a fool is to admit that you may be wrong about your epistemology.

The "in" thing today is to say that everyone has his or her own point of view, and that no one has the right to tell someone else that he or she is wrong. The more one thinks about it, the more this view borders on silliness.

It seems to me that pluralism is in no way superior to "singularism." Relativists base their conceptual framework on irrationality--they accept as a first principle that first principles cannot be accepted. I fail to see how this is more "rational" than believing in revelation. At least those who base their understandings on "thus says the Lord" are being internally coherent.

 

 

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