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Relativism (Paperback)
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Relativism (Paperback)
Series: Central Problems of Philosophy
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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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