Plato specifically rails against this idea of 'relativism' via Socrates, that all ideas are valid interior to that person (Aristotle then goes on to flesh it out more).
I'm no philosopher, by any means, but it was my impression that the foundations of western civilization (and maybe others, I need to study them more) are that relativism is a dead end. That we're to try (and usually fail) to find out what is actually true, what the actual facts are.
The whole point of academies and universities is to defeat relativist thought, to rail against it. At least, that was my understanding of the philosophical grounds that they were founded under. I'm very likely wrong though!
Plato specifically rails against this idea of 'relativism' via Socrates, that all ideas are valid interior to that person (Aristotle then goes on to flesh it out more).
I'm no philosopher, by any means, but it was my impression that the foundations of western civilization (and maybe others, I need to study them more) are that relativism is a dead end. That we're to try (and usually fail) to find out what is actually true, what the actual facts are.
The whole point of academies and universities is to defeat relativist thought, to rail against it. At least, that was my understanding of the philosophical grounds that they were founded under. I'm very likely wrong though!