LEADER 03312nam 2200601 450 001 9910814638803321 005 20230803033758.0 010 $a0-674-72697-9 010 $a0-674-72606-5 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674726062 035 $a(CKB)3390000000036828 035 $a(EBL)3301364 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000941149 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11518152 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000941149 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10963698 035 $a(PQKB)10772697 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301364 035 $a(DE-B1597)209585 035 $a(OCoLC)979954088 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674726062 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301364 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10814163 035 $a(OCoLC)864899156 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000036828 100 $a20130415h20132013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe metaphysics and ethics of relativism /$fCarol Rovane 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cHarvard University Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (250 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-72571-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aHow to formulate the doctrine of relativism -- Prevailing consensus view: disagreement, relative truth and anti-realism -- Relativism as multimundialism -- Evaluating the doctrine of relativism -- Relativism concerning natural facts -- Relativism concerning moral values. 330 $aRelativism is a contested doctrine among philosophers, some of whom regard it as neither true nor false but simply incoherent. As Carol Rovane demonstrates in this tour-de-force, the way to defend relativism is not by establishing its truth but by clarifying its content. The Metaphysics and the Ethics of Relativism elaborates a doctrine of relativism that has a consistent logical, metaphysical, and practical significance. Relativism is worth debating, Rovane contends, because it bears directly on the moral choices we make in our lives. Rovane maintains that the most compelling conception of relativism is the "alternative intuition." Alternatives are truths that cannot be embraced together because they are not universal. Something other than logical contradiction excludes them. When this is so, logical relations no longer hold among all truth-value-bearers. Some truths will be irreconcilable between individuals even though they are valid in themselves. The practical consequence is that some forms of interpersonal engagement are confined within definite boundaries, and one has no choice but to view what lies beyond those boundaries with "epistemic indifference." In a very real sense, some people inhabit different worlds--true in themselves, but closed off to belief from those who hold irreducibly incompatible truths. 606 $aRelativity 606 $aEthics 615 0$aRelativity. 615 0$aEthics. 676 $a149 700 $aRovane$b Carol A$g(Carol Anne),$f1955-$01643431 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814638803321 996 $aThe metaphysics and ethics of relativism$93988682 997 $aUNINA