
The Book of Absolutes
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William D. Gairdner is a best-selling author, businessman, and independent scholar. His most recent books are Canada's Founding Debates and The Trouble with Democracy.William D. Gairdner is a best-selling author, businessman, and independent scholar. His most recent books are Canada's Founding Debates and The Trouble with Democracy.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 A Brief History of Relativism
- 2 The Main Types of Relativism
- 3 Objections to Relativism
- 4 The Universals of Human Life and Culture
- 5 The Constants of Nature
- 6 The War over Biology: Setting the Stage
- 7 Hardwired: The Universals of Human Biology, Sex, and Brain Sex
- 8 Universals of Law: The Natural Law and the Moral Law
- 9 The Natural Law and the Moral Law at Work in the World
- 10 How Language Theory Changed the (Post) Modern World
- 11 German Philosophy and the Relativist Revolt against Western Civilization
- 12 The Sacred Text: The French Nietzsche and the French Heidegger
- 13 Po-Mo and the Return to Absolutes
- 14 The Universals of Language
- 15 A Postscript, with a Word about the Universals of Literature, Myth, and Symbol
- Appendix: Some Universals and Constants of Nature and Human Nature
- Notes
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Z
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