Relativism / / Paul O'Grady

• Autore: O'Grady Paul <1964-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 149
• Soggetto topico: Relativity
• Note generali: First published in 2002 by Acumen.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction to relativism; 2 Truth and logic; 3 Ontological relativism; 4 Epistemological relativism; 5 Relativism about rationality; 6 Evaluating relativism; Guide to further reading; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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? 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 distinguished 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Relativism
• ISBN: 1-317-48982-9; 1-315-71073-0; 1-317-48983-7; 9786611847302; 1-84465-329-3; 1-281-84730-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779312603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Central problems of philosophy.