| It defends the general reliability, corrigibility, and progressiveness of empirical knowledge against relativism and skepticism. |
| It grew out of the relativism that was originally promoted as a means in the search for a many-sided truth. |
| However, such relativism is self-refuting since what it states about knowledge must equally apply to that claim itself. |
| The roots of relativism lie not in empirical data but in certain epistemological and metaphysical preconceptions. |
| Culinary relativism is no longer an excuse for preferring gefilte fish to seafood quenelles. |
| The cynicism of many claims of cultural relativism can also be seen in the fact that far too often they are for foreign consumption only. |
