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    Supports→Epistemic relativism cannot be coherently formulated.

    If two epistemic systems are sufficiently incommensurable to support relativism, they cannot be recognized as rival systems at all, collapsing relativism into mere mutual unintelligibility rather than a positive philosophical thesis.

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    Key Terms

    Epistemic systems(as used in epistemology (the study of knowledge))
    Different frameworks or methods for figuring out what counts as knowledge and how we know things are true.
    Mutual unintelligibility(as used in epistemology and philosophy of language)
    When two groups or systems are so different that they literally cannot understand what each other is saying or claiming.
    Positive philosophical thesis(as used in philosophical argumentation)
    An actual claim or argument that explains something, rather than just pointing out a problem or saying things don't work.
    Rival systems(as used in philosophy of science)
    Competing theories or frameworks that offer different explanations for the same phenomena.
    incommensurable

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    relativism(Associated with Protagoras's position)
    The doctrine that truth is relative to the individual, culture, or historical context, such that a proposition can be true for one person or framework and false for another

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