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- 题名/责任者:
- A companion to relativism / edited by Steven D. Hales.
- 出版发行项:
- Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- ISBN:
- 9781405190213 (hardback)
- ISBN:
- 9781119698166
- 载体形态项:
- xi, 662 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- 丛编说明:
- Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 47
- 附加个人名称:
- Hales, Steven D.
- 论题主题:
- Relativity.
- 论题主题:
- PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics
- 中图法分类号:
- B01
- 书目附注:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 内容附注:
- Machine generated contents note: Editor's Introduction -- Part I: Characterizing Relativism -- Part II: Truth and Language -- Part III: Epistemic Relativism -- Part IV: Moral Relativism -- Part V: Relativism in the Philosophy of Science -- Part VI: Logical, Mathematical, and Ontological Relativism.
- 摘要附注:
- "A Companion to Relativism presents original contributions from leading scholars that address the latest thinking on the role of relativism in the philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of science, logic, and metaphysics. Features original contributions from many of the leading figures working on various aspects of relativism Presents a substantial, broad range of current thinking about relativism Addresses relativism from many of the major subfields of philosophy, including philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of science, logic, and metaphysics"--
- 摘要附注:
- "Relativism is one of philosophy's oldest -- and most polarizing -- concepts. It has captivated thinkers since the days of Protagoras (who supported the notion) and Plato (who did not). Relativism is assailed by popes as leading people away from absolute religious truths, and blamed by social commentators for many of society's ills. With a few notable exceptions, 20th-century philosophers grew to dismiss relativism as an obviously mistaken or even self-refuting concept. But in the past decade, even its staunchest philosophical critics have come to realize that relativism is a legitimate option for explaining a variety of phenomena, including faultless disagreement, the utility of alternative logics, varieties of cross-cultural moralities, and differing ontological conceptual schemes. Reflecting this overdue reappraisal, A Companion to Relativism presents the latest thinking on the role of relativism in the philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of science, logic, and metaphysics. Original contributions to this volume feature cutting edge thinking from a variety of eminent scholars who approach relativism from various perspectives and philosophical subfields"--
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