Relativism
A Contemporary Anthology
Will be published approx. on 6. August 2010
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Hardback
592 pages
978-0-231-14410-0 (ISBN)
Description
The thirty-three essays in Relativism: A Contemporary Anthology grapple with one of the most intriguing, enduring, and far-reaching philosophical problems of our age. Relativism comes in many varieties. It is often defined as the belief that truth, goodness, or beauty is relative to some context or reference frame, and that no absolute standards can adjudicate between competing reference frames. Michael Krausz's anthology captures the significance and range of relativistic doctrines, rehearsing their virtues and vices and reflecting on a spectrum of attitudes. Invoking diverse philosophical orientations, these doctrines concern conceptions of relativism in relation to facts and conceptual schemes, realism and objectivity, universalism and foundationalism, solidarity and rationality, pluralism and moral relativism, and feminism and poststructuralism. Featuring nine original essays, the volume also includes many classic articles, making it a standard resource for students, scholars, and researchers.
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English
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New York
United States
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Height: 235 mm
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970 gr
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978-0-231-14410-0 (9780231144100)
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Michael Krausz is Milton C. Nahm Professor of Philosophy at Bryn Mawr College. He is the author of Rightness and Reasons: Interpretation in Cultural Practices; Limits of Rightness; Varieties of Relativism (with Rom Harre); and Interpretation and Transformation: Explorations in Art and the Self.
Content
Foreword by Alan Ryan Preface Introduction, by Michael Krausz Part I. Orienting Relativism 1. Mapping Relativisms, by Michael Krausz 2. A Brief History of Relativism, by Maria Baghramian Part II. Relativism, Truth, and Knowledge 3. Subjective, Objective, and Conceptual Relativisms, by Maurice Mandelbaum 4. "Just the Facts, Ma'am!", by Nelson Goodman 5. Relativism in Philosophy of Science, by Nancy Cartwright 6. The Truth About Relativism, by Joseph Margolis 7. Making Sense of Relative Truth, by John MacFarlane 8. On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme, by Donald Davidson 9. Truth and Convention: On Davidson's Refutation of Conceptual Relativism, by Hilary Putnam 10. Conceptual Schemes, by Simon Blackburn 11. Relativizing the Facts, by Paul A. Boghossian 12. Targets of Anti-Relativist Arguments, by Harvey Siegel 13. Realism and Relativism, by Akeel Bilgrami Part III. Moral Relativism, Objectivity, and Reasons 14. Moral Relativism Defended, by Gilbert Harman 15. The Truth in Relativism, by Bernard Williams 16. Pluralism and Ambivalence, by David B. Wong 17. The Relativity of Fact and the Objectivity of Value, by Catherine Z. Elgin 18. Senses of Moral Relativity, by David Wiggins 19. Ethical Relativism and the Problem of Incoherence, by David Lyons 20. Understanding Alien Morals, by Gopal Sreenivasan 21. Value: Realism and Objectivity, by Thomas Nagel 22. Intuitionism, Realism, Relativism, and Rhubarb, by Crispin Wright 23. Moral Relativism and Moral Realism, by Russ Schafer-Landau Part IV. Relativism, Culture, and Understanding 24. Anti Anti-Relativism, by Clifford Geertz 25. Solidarity or Objectivity?, by Richard Rorty 26. Relativism, Power, and Philosophy, by Alasdair MacIntyre 27. Internal Criticism and Indian Rationalist Traditions, by Martha C. Nussbaum and Amartya Sen 28. Phenomenological Rationality and the Overcoming of Relativism, by Jitendra N. Mohanty 29. Understanding and Ethnocentricity, by Charles Taylor 30. Relativism and Cross-Cultural Understanding, by Kwame Anthony Appiah 31. Relativism, Persons, and Practices, by Amelie Oksenberg Rorty 32. One What? Relativism and Poststructuralism, by David Couzens Hoy 33. Must a Feminist Be a Relativist After All?, by Lorraine Code List of Contributors Index