Metaepistemology and Relativism

J. Adam Carter is a Research Fellow in philosophy, working mainly in epistemology, at the EIDYN Research Centre at the University of Edinburgh. His work has appeared in (among other places) Noûs, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Analysis, Philosophical Studies and the Australasian Journal of Philosophy.

"Adam Carter's book is both a meticulous and erudite review of old and new controversies over epistemic relativism, and an original intervention into current debates. It should be obligatory reading for novices and specialists." - Martin Kusch, University of Vienna, Austria "As everyone familiar with contemporary epistemology knows, the ghost of Protagoras is still with us. Adam Carter gives here what may well be the best discussion of contemporary issues about relativism. His redrawing of the landscape at the meta-epistemological level is lucid, sophisticated and forceful." - Pascal Engel, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris, France "Relativism has been the focus of much recent debate among epistemologists and philosophers of language alike. Metaepistemology and Relativism assesses, with originality and insight, the motivating argument for traditional and new forms of epistemic relativism and demonstrates their wider philosophical significance. This welcome book on a hugely significant topic is indispensable to all those interested in contemporary debates in epistemology," - Maria Baghramian, University College Dublin, Ireland

• 1. Metaepistemology and Realism 2. Global Relativism 3. The Pyrrhonian Argument for Epistemic Relativism 4. Dialogic Arguments for Epistemic Relativism 5. Incommensurability, Circularity and Epistemic Relativism 6. Replacement Relativism: Boghossian, Kusch and Wright 7. A Different Kind of Epistemic Relativism 8. New Relativism: Epistemic Aftermath 9. Metaepistemology and Relativism