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    Challenges→A degree of relativization of some epistemic norms — such as what counts as good evidence or a better style of reasoning — is acceptable without succumbing to irrationalism.

    Relativizing evidential standards to traditions undermines the possibility of cross-traditional criticism, collapsing 'acceptable' relativism into the irrationalism it claims to avoid.

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    Cross-traditional criticism(what becomes impossible if evidential standards are relativized)
    The ability to judge or question one group's beliefs from the perspective of a different group—like using scientific standards to evaluate religious claims, or vice versa.
    Evidential standards(as used in epistemology)
    The criteria or rules we use to decide whether something counts as good proof or evidence for a claim.
    Irrationalism(the unwanted consequence the relativist is trying to avoid)
    The view that reason, logic, and evidence don't matter much—or that beliefs can be justified without good reasons.
    Relativizing(as the method applied to semantics)
    Making something dependent on or changeable based on different backgrounds or contexts, rather than treating it as absolute or universal.

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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
    traditions(as used in discussions of culture and social cooperation)
    Practices, customs, or ways of doing things that are passed down from one generation to the next within a community or culture.

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