Is knowledge relative? Many academics across the humanities say that it is. However those who work in mainstream epistemology generally consider that it is not. Metaepistemology and Relativism questions whether the kind of anti-relativistic background that underlies typical projects in mainstream epistemology can on closer inspection be vindicated.

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“Metaepistemology and Relativism is an important contribution to the literature. It is one of the first attempts to evaluate the epistemological implications of MacFarlane’s brand of epistemic relativism. … this book seeks to understand what relativism is before condemning it. I am happy to recommend it as a model for how to work on the problem of relativism today.” (Robin McKenna, International Journal for the Study of Skepticism, Iss. (7), 2017) "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

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University of Edinburgh, UK

J. Adam Carter

About the author

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.

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Book Title: Metaepistemology and Relativism
Authors: J. Adam Carter
Series Title: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137336644
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-33663-7Published: 02 April 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-33664-4Published: 12 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-2851
Series E-ISSN: 2946-286X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 298
Topics: Music, Philosophy of Mind

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