ABSTRACT
Innocent realism both seems like the merest common sense and to be presupposed in our ordinary talk, judgement and action. This chapter looks at the challenge to innocent realism from conceptual relativism. The key idea behind the various forms of conceptual relativism is that innocent realism fails to take account of the fact that human beings are concept users. A particularly clear presentation of conceptual relativism is to be found in Runzo's Reason, Relativism and God (supported and taken further by the arguments in World Views and Perceiving God). The chapter shows the falsity of conceptual relativism by refuting the main arguments and contentions of Runzo. It shows the falsity of conceptual relativism by refuting the main arguments and contentions of Runzo. Real world that would have existed even if there had never been any human beings at all. The transformation of the world by our concepts would be magic. Runzo's scheming plus realism equals scepticism.
