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The Consequences of Postmodernist Truth Relativism

One of the core beliefs of Postmodernism is this: Proposition (1): there is no such thing as objective truth; all “truths” are culturally relative. If one believes that there are no objective truths, then it follows that nothing you can say is objectively true, not even the statement that “there are no objective truths.” What sort of statement, then, is Proposition (1) if it is not objectively true? Is it rhetorical hot air? Is it akin to fictitious statements in poetry or novels? If not,...

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