Antti Hautamäki, PhD, now a professor emeritus, was in years 2009-2013 a research professor and the director of Agora Center at the University of Jyväskylä. He has been an adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki from the year 1987. The focuses of his research have been epistemology, philosophical logic, and philosophy of science. Hautamäki has published and edited about thirty books and published over two hundred articles about philosophy, cognitive science and innovation.

• Preface to the English Edition.- Preface to the Finnish Edition.- Introduction.- Chapter 1. The Historical Background of Relativism.- Chapter 2. Conditions of a Philosophical Discussion.- Chapter 3. Points of View and Relativism.- Chapter 4. The Relativity of Truth.- Chapter 5. The Relativity of Knowledge.- Chapter 6. The Relativity of Reality.- Chapter 7. Relativism and Realism in the Philosophy of Science.- Chapter 8. Critical Relativism and Disagreement.- Conclusions.- Background and acknowledgements.- References.

Antti Hautamäki, PhD, now a professor emeritus, was in years 2009-2013 a research professor and the director of Agora Center at the University of Jyväskylä. He has been an adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki from the year 1987. The focuses of his research have been epistemology, philosophical logic, and philosophy of science. Hautamäki has published and edited about thirty books and published over two hundred articles about philosophy, cognitive science and innovation.

• Preface to the English Edition.- Preface to the Finnish Edition.- Introduction.- Chapter 1. The Historical Background of Relativism.- Chapter 2. Conditions of a Philosophical Discussion.- Chapter 3. Points of View and Relativism.- Chapter 4. The Relativity of Truth.- Chapter 5. The Relativity of Knowledge.- Chapter 6. The Relativity of Reality.- Chapter 7. Relativism and Realism in the Philosophy of Science.- Chapter 8. Critical Relativism and Disagreement.- Conclusions.- Background and acknowledgements.- References.

Antti Hautamäki, PhD, now a professor emeritus, was in years 2009-2013 a research professor and the director of Agora Center at the University of Jyväskylä. He has been an adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki from the year 1987. The focuses of his research have been epistemology, philosophical logic, and philosophy of science. Hautamäki has published and edited about thirty books and published over two hundred articles about philosophy, cognitive science and innovation.

• Preface to the English Edition.- Preface to the Finnish Edition.- Introduction.- Chapter 1. The Historical Background of Relativism.- Chapter 2. Conditions of a Philosophical Discussion.- Chapter 3. Points of View and Relativism.- Chapter 4. The Relativity of Truth.- Chapter 5. The Relativity of Knowledge.- Chapter 6. The Relativity of Reality.- Chapter 7. Relativism and Realism in the Philosophy of Science.- Chapter 8. Critical Relativism and Disagreement.- Conclusions.- Background and acknowledgements.- References.