@article {1419, title = {The Fallacy of Naturalism as a Response to the Relativist}, journal = {Organon F}, volume = {25}, number = {3}, year = {2018}, pages = {316-338}, type = {State}, abstract = {This article is a response to Howard Sankey{\textquoteright}s (2010) {\textquoteleft}Witchcraft, Relativism and the Problem of the Criterion.{\textquoteright} It seeks to refute two central arguments that are brought forward by Sankey. First, that the relativist is skeptic about norm-justification and second, that naturalism could serve as a response to the relativist. I will demonstrate, by the use of historical cases, that epistemic norms cannot be subjected to empirical evaluation without using the very norms that are the target of analysis. Finally, I will reject the assertion that the conclusion of my critique implies a form of equal validity.}, keywords = {epistemic norms, equal validity, naturalism, objectivity, relativism}, url = {http://www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/doc/organon/2018/3/316-338.pdf}, author = {B{\"a}rnthaler, Richard} }