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Relativism /
The issue of relativism looms large in many contemporary discussions of knowledge, reality, society, religion, culture and gender. Is truth relative? To what extent is knowledge dependent on context? Are there different logics? Do different cultures and societies see the world differently? And is re...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stocksfield [England] :
Acumen,
2002.
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| Colección: | Central problems of philosophy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The issue of relativism looms large in many contemporary discussions of knowledge, reality, society, religion, culture and gender. Is truth relative? To what extent is knowledge dependent on context? Are there different logics? Do different cultures and societies see the world differently? And is reality itself something that is constructed? This book offers a path through these debates. O'Grady begins by clarifying what exactly relativism is and how it differs from scepticism and pluralism. He then examines five main types of cognitive relativism: alethic relativism, logical relativism, ontological relativism; epistemological relativism, and relativism about rationality. Each is clearly distinguised and the arguments for and against each are assessed. O'Grady offers a welcome survey of recent debates, engaging with the work of Davidson, Devitt, Kuhn, Putnam, Quine, Rorty, Searle, Winch and Wittgenstein, among others, and he offers a distinct position of his own on this hotly contested issue. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781844653294 1844653293 9781317489832 1317489837 1317489829 9781317489825 1315710730 9781315710730 9786611847302 6611847308 1281847305 9781281847300 |