ABSTRACT
Assessment relativism, as developed by John MacFarlane, is the view that the truth of our claims involving a variety of English expressions – “tasty,” “knows,” “tomorrow,” “might,” and “ought” – is relative not only to aspects of the context of their production but also to aspects of the context in which they are assessed. Assessment relativism is thus a form of truth relativism which is offered as a new way of understanding perspectival thought and talk. In this chapter, I present the main theses of assessment relativism, focusing in particular on highlighting the points of commonality and contrast with other forms of truth relativism. I then offer some critical remarks concerning the motivation of assessment relativism in relation to matters of taste.
