Abstract
The search for a universal principle and unifying law that
would explain the phenomena of the world and that would be regarded as
the paradigm of epistemology as well as ontology has been the hallmark of
all the conceptual endeavourers and scientific researches. But Relativism is
contrary to all those doctrines which claim any absolutistic frameworks and
paradigms. It claims that values, either of goodness, beauty or truth all are
relative to a relativistic frameworks and no absolute standard exists between
the competing paradigms. Here we find two extremes, first the Absolutism
which propagates that there are and there must be some unifying and
absolute paradigm as a standard for the epistemology and ontological
researches, the other is the Relativism which is against any framework and
claims that every criterion is relative. Anthropological researches show that
every claim of knowledge is relative to its relevant circumstance and
background. In this research paper an analytical and critical elucidation of
the controversies and claims of the two extremist doctrines will be presented
and their arguments will be analyzed. Then an acceptable view will be tried
to reach with the objective that how can anyone use any theory for the
advancement of knowledge.
Muhammad Iqbal Shah. (2017) “RELATIVISM” AS A PARADIGM OF CULTURAL EPISTEMOLOGY (A CRITICAL ANALYSIS), Al-Hikmat: A Journal of Philosophy, Volume 37, Issue 1.
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