This is a short （about 70 page） introduction to the topic of relativism in the philosophy of science pitching it at an introductory level。 The book first defines epistemological relativism and reviews arguments by Paul Boghossian against relativism as a standard for understanding what is at stake。 The work then considers some popular relativist positions that have emerged in philosophy of science specifically Thomas Kuhn's accounts of change and revolution in science， Paul Feyerband's anarchist This is a short （about 70 page） introduction to the topic of relativism in the philosophy of science pitching it at an introductory level。 The book first defines epistemological relativism and reviews arguments by Paul Boghossian against relativism as a standard for understanding what is at stake。 The work then considers some popular relativist positions that have emerged in philosophy of science specifically Thomas Kuhn's accounts of change and revolution in science， Paul Feyerband's anarchist account of science and Bas van Fraassen's constructive empiricism and epistemic volunteerism， and some reference to later ideas。 The book also considers and evaluates the prospects for the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge as a viable form of relativism。 The book ends by considering the claims that academic relativism have eroded public trust in science and objective knowledge and finds them ill founded。The account is a nice introduction to the subject and while clearly plumping a bit for one side of the debate still offers a pretty clear description of the debate。 The book's message that in fact relativism no less than absolutism makes strong restrictions on what sorts of knowledge claims and criticisms of expertise and authority one can make seems worth repeating。I read the ebook version of this book as a static pdf， it had no defects I noticed。 。。。more