"The way things appear to me, in that way they exist for me; and the way things appear to you, in that way they exist for you"(Theaetetus 152a). This statement was one of the first statements of relativism made that was clear, and it was quoted by Plato. Relativism faces many people with the questioning of if reality exists independently, or if it's individuals and societies creating their own by representing it differently. There are three types of relativism and they each have their extreme forms. Relativism exists on either a personal, societal, or ideological level, but it is up to the individual on which level they believe their reality is based on. There is not just one correct way to represent our reality, which is why there is such a problem of relativism as a fallacy of thought.

If a person doesn't believe that reality depends...