| 书目名称 | Facing Relativism | | 编辑 | Alyssa Luboff | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Presents a philosophical analysis of relativism deeply informed by anthropological experience.Skilfully combines philosophical argument with relevant first-person experience.Advances an intimate under | | 丛书名称 | Synthese Library | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | This book tackles the difficult task of defending relativism in the age of science. It succeeds where others have failed by combining the rigor of analytic philosophy with the first-hand insights of anthropological experience. Typically, an anthropologist’s work on relativism offers rich examples of cultural diversity, but lacks philosophical rigor, while a philosopher’s work on relativism offers rigorous argumentation, but lacks rich anthropological examples. Facing Relativism, written by a North American philosopher who lived in the Ecuadorian rainforest, does both..Relativism at a global scale is a view that our claims about the world, both theoretical and practical, are evaluable only relative to a context shaped by factors such as culture, history, language, and environment – or, “a way of life.” It can be at once intuitive and disturbing. While we might expect a way of life to exert some influence on our claims, relativism seems to move to the overly strong conclusion that all of our claims about what is true or good must merely be expressions of cultural bias. It easily opens itself to a host of charges, including paradox and self-contradiction..Facing Relativism. argues tha | | 出版日期 | Book 2020 | | 关键词 | Chachi Ecuador; Dynamic of Resonance and Loss; cultural relativism; epistemic relativism; ethical relati | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43341-3 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-43341-3Series ISSN 0166-6991 Series E-ISSN 2542-8292 | | issn_series | 0166-6991 | | copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 |
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