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Perceptual Relativism

What color is the chair? I say it is red. Someone may say that to a colorblind person, it is not red. We have different sense experiences of the objects, and why favor one perceiver over another? So this kind of perceptual relativism is true. The case may be over stated. To speak of colorblindness is still to use reference to our own perceptions to describe others and their perceptions. So one cannot appeal to relativism, which is an attempt to detach from one's own perceptions, without appealing to the abandoned perceptions. The color blinded example is still explained in terms of our own perceptions, and so is self contradictory. Use and apply to insects, aliens, etc.  For more, see here . 

Relativism Outline

This is an outline for the book Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air by Francis J. Beckwith and Gregory Koukl . This outline was requested by a friend.

Against A Particular Aesthetic Relativism

A lot of smart people I know do not think beauty is objective, while I do. These are not your undergraduate relativists, whom believe that beauty is objective, as well as truth and morality. No, these are people who agree truth and morality is objective, even if sometimes they cannot provide a grounding for it, yet also believe beauty is subjective, or relative.