Philosophy, Relativism and Truth

Philosophy, Relativism and Truth is a Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies class taught by Christoph Cox.

Course Description
Is there such a thing as "objective" or "absolute" truth? Or is everything "relative"to a particular individual, culture, language, or conceptual scheme? What is truth, anyway? In this course, we will examine the nature of truth, knowledge, and value and consider a range of challenges to the idea of "objective" or "absolute" truth. We will begin by considering solipsism, skepticism, and subjective relativism and then spend most of the semester discussing various forms of relativism (conceptual, epistemic, ethical, cultural, aesthetic, etc). Drawing upon texts from early Greek philosophy through contemporary Anglo-American and European philosophy, we will try to sort out strong from weak arguments for various versions of objectivism and relativism.

Learning Goals

 * Multi-Cultural
 * Presenting
 * Writing