Author: Lewis Vaughn
Lewis Vaughn is Executive Editor of FREE INQUIRY.
What’s Wrong with Relativism
In that vast, peculiar terrain known as postmodernist thought, there are several deep holes. One of them has swallowed up some academics, a lot of New Agers, and—apparently—a whole generation of college students. Philosophers call it “relativism.” In its most radical form it’s the doctrine that truth depends—not on the way things are—but solely on …