Relativism an dogmatis. Causes and consequences

Abstract

The effects of relativism are outlined from an anthropological standpoint. A philosophical doctrine that began in the pre-Socratic era and wrecked havoc on the theory of knowledge, relativism continues to influence society today, so much so that man is immersed in an ideological whirlwind that confuses and disorients him and hampers the arduous road to knowledge, which is indispensible to finding the way to truth and the appropriate path to acquiring criteria, to distinguishing good from bad and, therefore, to discovering one’s own happiness. The inspiration for this essay is drawn from a diminutive but remarkable book by Francisco Ugarte Corcuera, who authorized the author to use it as a basis in writing about the contents of relativism and its effects on other ethical-philosophical lines of thought. The author also takes on the task of contributing several solutions within the scope of philosophical realism to guide man’s search for truth and good, with the features that realism must have to solve problems.