Relativism

14 - Making the Weaker Argument the Stronger: the Sophists

Posted on 16 January 2011

In this episode, Peter Adamson discusses the sophists, teachers of rhetoric in ancient Athens, looking especially at the contributions of Protagoras and Gorgias.

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22 - I Know, Because the Caged Bird Sings: Plato's Theaetetus

Posted on 27 February 2011

Peter examines Plato’s "Theaetetus", discussing the relativist doctrine of Protagoras, the flux doctrine of Heraclitus, and the two famous images of the wax tablet and aviary.

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48. Taking Perspective: the Jain Theory of Standpoints

Posted on 6 August 2017

The Jain theory of standpoints or non-onesidedness (anekāntavāda) makes truth a matter of perspective.

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49. Well Qualified: the Jains on Truth

Posted on 17 September 2017

Does the Jain theory of seven predications (saptabhaṇgī) land them in self-contradiction, or help them to avoid it?

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50. Marie-Hélène Gorisse on Jain Epistemology

Posted on 1 October 2017

We're joined by Marie-Hélène Gorisse for a look at the Jain theory of knowledge.

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78. Freedom Through Art: Alain Locke

Posted on 13 June 2021

The aesthetics of Alain Locke and its basis in his theory of value judgments.

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79. Leonard Harris on Alain Locke

Posted on 27 June 2021

Leonard Harris explains how Locke's value theory was the basis for his aesthetics and theories of democracy and race.

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