The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Relativism. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Martin Kusch.
• Editors: Kusch, Martin
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction: A primer on relativism; Part 1 Relativism in non-Western philosophical traditions; 1 Relativism in the Indian tradition: Examining the viewpoints (dṛṣṭis); 2 Relativism in the Islamic traditions; 3 African philosophy; Part 2 Relativism in Western philosophical traditions; 4 Relativism in ancient Greek philosophy; 5 Medieval philosophy; 6 Relativism in early modern philosophy; 7 Relativism in German idealism, historicism and neo-Kantianism; 8 Nietzsche and relativism 9 Marx and Marxism10 The many faces of anti-relativism in phenomenology; 11 History, dialogue, and feeling: Perspectives on hermeneutic relativism; 12 Relativism in the context of National Socialism; 13 Relativism and pragmatism; 14 Relativism and poststructuralism; Part 3 Relativism in ethics; 15 Moral ambivalence; 16 Moral relativism and moral disagreement; 17 Moral relativism; 18 Relativism and moralism; 19 Incommensurability, cultural relativism, and the fundamental presuppositions of morality; 20 Evolutionary debunking and moral relativism; 21 Motivating reasons Part 4 Relativism in political and legal philosophy22 Relativism and liberalism; 23 Relativism and radical conservatism; 24 Communitarianism; 25 Multiculturalism; 26 Critical theory and the challenge of relativism; 27 Relativism in feminist political theory; 28 Relativism and race; 29 Relativism in the philosophy of law; Part 5 Relativism in epistemology; 30 Self-refutation; 31 Epistemic relativism and epistemic internalism; 32 Relativism and externalism; 33 Epistemic relativism and pragmatic encroachment; 34 Relativism and hinge epistemology; 35 Relativising epistemic advantage Part 6 Relativism in metaphysics36 Ontological relativity; 37 Quantifier variance; 38 Metaphysical anti-realism; 39 Ontological relativism and the status of ontological disputes; Part 7 Relativism in philosophy of science; 40 The relativistic legacy of Kuhn and Feyerabend; 41 Relativism and antinomianism; 42 Relativism, perspectivism and pluralism; 43 Relativism and scientific realism; 44 Relativism in the social sciences; 45 Relativism in the philosophy of anthropology; 46 Relativism in logic and mathematics; 47 Logic and the psychology of reasoning Part 8 Relativism in philosophy of language and mind48 Conceptual schemes; 49 Semantics and metaphysics of truth; 50 Assessment relativism; 51 Faultless disagreement; 52 Relativism and perspectival content; 53 The case against semantic relativism; 54 De se relativism; 55 Relativism and expressivism; Part 9 Relativism in other areas of philosophy; 56 Relativism in the philosophy of religion; 57 Relativism and experimental philosophy; Index
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 580 pages)
• Subjects: 530.1; PHILOSOPHY / General; Relativity (Physics); Space and time; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351052290; 1351052292; 9781351052306; 1351052306; 9781351052283; 1351052284
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based upon print version of record.
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