Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism

By P. Boghossian. 2006

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Ideological Asymmetries and the Essence of Political Psychology (2017, neutral): “…is knowledge from some perspective (McGuire, 1985)—in the obvious sense that “knowledge is often produced collaboratively, by members of a social group, [and] contingent facts about that group may explain why it shows an interest in certain questions over others” (Boghossian, 2006, p. 20).”
Consciousness and cognitive access (2008, positive): “Few scientifically minded people in the twenty-first century would suppose that water molecules are partly constituted by our cognitive access to them (Boghossian 2006), but few would be sure whether phenomenal consciousness is or is not partly constituted by cognitive access to it.”
Constructivism and Learning (2010, background): “the rationality of science (Boghossian, 2006), a stance that certainly runs against any suggestions from, for instance, Piaget and Vygotsky to be discussed later in this article.”
Assessment Sensitivity: Relative Truth and its Applications (2014, background): “Indeed, many who pursue a self-refutation argument have conceded that it must take a more subtle form (Burnyeat 1976b: 192–3; Putnam 1981: 120–1; Vallicella 1984: 462–3; Lockie 2003: 331; Boghossian 2006: 54).”