Relativism : a contemporary anthology /
edited, with an introduction, by Michael Krausz.
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2010.
- x, 573 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Michael Krausz -- I: Orienting relativism -- Mapping relativisms / Michael Krausz -- A brief history of relativism / Maria Baghramian -- II. Relativism, truth, and knowledge -- Subjective, objective, and conceptual relativisms / Maurice Mandelbaum -- "Just the facts, ma'am!" / Nelson Goodman -- Relativisms in philosophy of science / Nancy Cartwright -- The truth about relativism / Joseph Margolis -- Making sense of relative truth / John Macfarlane -- On the very idea of a conceptual scheme / Donald Davidson -- Truth and convention: on Davidson's refutation of conceptual relativism / Hilary Putnam -- Conceptual schemes / Simon Blackburn -- Relativizing the facts / Paul A. Boghossian -- Targets of anti-relativist arguments / Harvey Siegel -- Realism and relativism / Akeel Bilgrami -- III. Morel relativism, objectivity, and reasons -- Moral relativism defended / Gilbert Harman -- The truth in relativism / Bernard Williams -- Pluralism and ambivalence / David B. Wong -- The relativity of fact and the objectivity of value / Catherine Z. Elgin -- Senses of moral relativity / David Wiggins -- Ethical relativism and the problem of incoherence / David Lyons -- Understanding alien morals / Gopal Sreenivasan -- Value: realism and objectivity / Thomas Nagel -- Intuitionism, realism, relativism, and rhubarb / Crispin Wright -- Moral relativism and moral realism / Russ Schafer-Landau -- IV. Relativism, culture, and understanding -- Anti anti-relativism / Clifford Geertz -- Solidarity or objectivity? / Richard Rorty -- Relativism, power, and philosophy / Alasdair Macintyre -- Internal criticism and Indian rationalist traditions / Martha C. Nussbaum and Amartya Sen -- Phenomenological rationality and the overcoming of relativism / Jitendra N. Mohanty -- Understanding and ethnocentricity / Charles Taylor -- Relativism and cross-cultural understanding / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Relativism, persons, and practices / Amélie Oksenberg Rorty -- One what? Relativism and poststructuralism / David Couzens Hoy -- Must a feminist be a relativist after all? / Lorraine Code.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Michael Krausz -- I: Orienting relativism -- Mapping relativisms / Michael Krausz -- A brief history of relativism / Maria Baghramian -- II. Relativism, truth, and knowledge -- Subjective, objective, and conceptual relativisms / Maurice Mandelbaum -- "Just the facts, ma'am!" / Nelson Goodman -- Relativisms in philosophy of science / Nancy Cartwright -- The truth about relativism / Joseph Margolis -- Making sense of relative truth / John Macfarlane -- On the very idea of a conceptual scheme / Donald Davidson -- Truth and convention: on Davidson's refutation of conceptual relativism / Hilary Putnam -- Conceptual schemes / Simon Blackburn -- Relativizing the facts / Paul A. Boghossian -- Targets of anti-relativist arguments / Harvey Siegel -- Realism and relativism / Akeel Bilgrami -- III. Morel relativism, objectivity, and reasons -- Moral relativism defended / Gilbert Harman -- The truth in relativism / Bernard Williams -- Pluralism and ambivalence / David B. Wong -- The relativity of fact and the objectivity of value / Catherine Z. Elgin -- Senses of moral relativity / David Wiggins -- Ethical relativism and the problem of incoherence / David Lyons -- Understanding alien morals / Gopal Sreenivasan -- Value: realism and objectivity / Thomas Nagel -- Intuitionism, realism, relativism, and rhubarb / Crispin Wright -- Moral relativism and moral realism / Russ Schafer-Landau -- IV. Relativism, culture, and understanding -- Anti anti-relativism / Clifford Geertz -- Solidarity or objectivity? / Richard Rorty -- Relativism, power, and philosophy / Alasdair Macintyre -- Internal criticism and Indian rationalist traditions / Martha C. Nussbaum and Amartya Sen -- Phenomenological rationality and the overcoming of relativism / Jitendra N. Mohanty -- Understanding and ethnocentricity / Charles Taylor -- Relativism and cross-cultural understanding / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Relativism, persons, and practices / Amélie Oksenberg Rorty -- One what? Relativism and poststructuralism / David Couzens Hoy -- Must a feminist be a relativist after all? / Lorraine Code.
9780231144100 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231144105 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231144117 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0231144113 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009051340
GBB039224 bnb
015510700 Uk
Relativity.
149 / REL