The Mode of Relativity

Abstract

This chapter distinguishes between three different versions of the mode of relativity which can be extracted from Sextus’ text. It argues that only one of these versions is non-trivial and that this non-trivial version is incompatible with the mode of disagreement. Given the centrality of the mode of disagreement to making sense of the sceptic’s practice if the Sextan interpreter is faced with a choice between rejecting relativity or disagreement, it is argued that relativity should be the mode that is jettisoned.