Relativism is a family of philosophical views which deny claims to objectivity within a particular domain and assert that valuations in that domain are...
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Cultural relativism is the position that there is no universal standard to measure cultures by, and that all cultural values and beliefs must be understood...
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Moral relativism or ethical relativism (often reformulated as relativist ethics or relativist morality) is used to describe several philosophical positions...
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Factual relativism (also called epistemic relativism, epistemological relativism, alethic relativism, and cognitive relativism) argues that truth is relative...
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Moralities: A Defense of Pluralistic Relativism is a 2006 book by David B. Wong that defends a version of moral relativism. The book was reviewed by Christopher...
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Depending on the variety of moral relativism, these statements may be indexed to a particular society (i.e., cultural relativism, when I say stealing is wrong...
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discovered, as opposed to relativism, which asserts that all facts are relative to one's perspective. Absolutism and relativism have been explored at length...
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Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity is a 1996 book by Gilbert Harman and Judith Jarvis Thomson, in which Harman tries to provide a defense of moral...
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Protagoras (section Relativism)
weaker argument stronger". Protagoras is credited with the philosophy of relativism, which he discussed in his lost work, Truth (also known as Refutations)...
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Linguistic relativity (redirect from Linguistic relativism)
experience and conceptualize the world. Yet another is relativist (cultural relativism), which sees different cultural groups as employing different conceptual...
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Metaethics (redirect from Metaethical relativism)
Moral universalism is the opposing position to various forms of moral relativism. Universalist theories are generally forms of moral realism, though exceptions...
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Ethics (section Realism, relativism, and nihilism)
Metaethical Moral Relativism Dreier 2007, pp. 240–241 DeLapp, § 4b. Moral Relativisms Gowans 2021, § 6. Metaethical Moral Relativism Dreier 2007, p. 241...
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Functionalism Objectivism Subjectivism Normativity Absolutism Particularism Relativism Nihilism Skepticism Universalism Ontology Action Event Process Reality...
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Linguistic relativity and the color naming debate (redirect from Universalism and relativism of color terminology)
researchers involved are open-minded and consciously willing to recognize relativism as a possible outcome—because the universalist conclusion is guaranteed...
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of Western culture from perceived threats posed by communism and moral relativism. American conservatives tend to question epidemiology, climate change...
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Aesthetic relativism is the idea that views of beauty are relative to differences in perception and consideration, and intrinsically, have no absolute...
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Konstruktivismus: Beiträge des 38. Internationalen Wittgenstein Symposiums [Realism – Relativism – Constructivism: Contributions of the 38th International Wittgenstein...
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potentially realist) relativism. Joyce, Richard (2016), "Moral Anti-Realism (Supplement on Moral Objectivity and Moral Relativism)", in Zalta, Edward N...
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Pope Benedict XVI (redirect from Relativism: The Central Problem for Faith Today)
counter the increased secularisation of many Western countries. He viewed relativism's denial of objective truth, and the denial of moral truths in particular...
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happening slowly Hallin's spheres – Theory of media objectivity Moral relativism – Philosophical positions about the differences in moral judgments across...
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Cultural anthropology (section Cultural relativism)
Such ethnographers and their students promoted the idea of "cultural relativism", the view that one can only understand another person's beliefs and behaviors...
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There have been many cases of sexual abuse of children by priests, nuns, and other members of religious life in the Catholic Church. In the late 20th and...
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different—views of reality, creating an atmosphere of testing, empathy, and relativism. As Helen Cooper says, "Different genres give different readings of the...
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The debate on the causes of clerical child abuse is a major aspect of the academic literature surrounding Catholic sex abuse cases. In 2010, Pope Benedict...
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rationality. Critics allege that its premises lead to a nihilistic form of relativism. In this sense, it has become a term of abuse in popular culture. "Postmodernism"...
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Obesity paradox (section Weight relativism)
The obesity paradox is the finding in some studies of a lower mortality rate for overweight or obese people within certain subpopulations. The paradox...
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universalism versus relativism lies in who is claiming to represent a particular culture. Although the argument between universalism and relativism is far from...
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incommensurate and irreconcilable, then the situation is one of cultural relativism and would therefore incur the standard criticisms from philosophical realists...
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relativist fallacy that portray it as identical to relativism (e.g., linguistic relativism or cultural relativism) are themselves committing a commonly identified...
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Self-refuting idea (section Relativism)
that relativism about truth must be applied to itself. The cruder form of the argument concludes that since the relativist is calling relativism an absolute...
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