Posted: Feb 24, 2012 4:24 am
Teuton wrote:Anyway, the relativist about truth seems to regard the statement that truth is relative as nonrelatively true, thereby contradicting himself.
I am skeptical of "truth" so for all intents and purposes I am a "relativist." I am not interested in making positive claims about truth, and I am not interested in making a case for the relativity of truth. What interests me is providing a genealogical account of truth, understanding from when and where the concept comes from and how it has been used historically over time. The most strident goal I have is "shaking" the concept truth, not destroying it.