A Companion to Relativism by Steven D. Hales (English) Paperback Book

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A Companion to Relativism presents original contributions from leading scholars that address the latest thinking on the role of relativism in the philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of science, logic, and metaphysics. Features original contributions from many of the leading figures working on various aspects of relativismPresents a substantial, broad range of current thinking about relativismAddresses relativism from many of the major subfields of philosophy, including philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of science, logic, and metaphysics

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"A survey of relativist ideas in all areas of philosophy, by an impressive line-up of contributors well-versed in the debates behind their current revival." Fran

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"A survey of relativist ideas in all areas of philosophy, by an impressive line-up of contributors well-versed in the debates behind their current revival." Fran

Author Biography

Steven D. Hales is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Relativism and the Foundations of Philosophy and co-author of Nietzsche's Perspectivism, as well as numerous articles on relativism. His most recent book is The Myth of Luck: Philosophy, Fate, and Fortune. He has been a visiting professor at the universities of Cambridge, Turin, Edinburgh, and London.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors viii Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Part I Characterizing Relativism 9 1 Global Relativism and Self-Refutation 11Max Kölbel 2 Relativism Requires Alternatives, Not Disagreement or Relative Truth 31Carol Rovane 3 Three Kinds of Relativism 53Paul Boghossian 4 Varieties of Relativism and the Reach of Reasons 70Michael Krausz Part II Truth and Language 85 5 Truth Relativism and Truth Pluralism 87Michael P. Lynch 6 The Many Relativisms: Index, Context, and Beyond 102Dan López de Sa 7 Variation in Intuitions about Reference and Ontological Disagreements 118Edouard Machery 8 Centered Worlds and the Content of Perception 137Berit Brogaard 9 Conceptual Relativism 159Kenneth A. Taylor 10 The Limits of Relativism in the Late Wittgenstein 179Patricia Hanna and Bernard Harrison Part III Epistemic Relativism 199 11 Epistemological Relativism: Arguments Pro and Con 201Harvey Siegel 12 Relativism About Epistemic Modals 219Andy Egan 13 Relativism and Confi rmation Theory 242Igor Douven 14 Epistemic Relativism, Epistemic Incommensurability, and Wittgensteinian Epistemology 266Duncan Pritchard 15 Relativism and Contextualism 286Patrick Rysiew Part IV Moral Relativism 307 16 Relativism in Contemporary Liberal Political Philosophy 309Graham M. Long 17 Secularism, Liberalism, and Relativism 326Akeel Bilgrami 18 Moral Relativism and Moral Psychology 346Christian B. Miller 19 Bare Bones Moral Realism and the Objections from Relativism 368Mark Balaguer 20 Virtue Ethics and Moral Relativism 391Christopher W. Gowans 21 Relativist Explanations of Interpersonal and Group Disagreement 411David B. Wong Part V Relativism in the Philosophy of Science 431 22 Relativism and the Sociology of Scientifi c Knowledge 433David Bloor 23 Incommensurability and Theory Change 456Howard Sankey 24 Thomas Kuhn's Relativistic Legacy 475Alexander Bird 25 Anti-Realism and Relativism 489Christopher Norris Part VI Logical, Mathematical, and Ontological Relativism 509 26 Horror Contradictionis 511Johan Van Benthem 27 Varieties of Pluralism and Relativism for Logic 526Stewart Shapiro 28 Relativism in Set Theory and Mathematics 553Otávio Bueno 29 Putnam's Model-Theoretic Argument 569Maximilian de Gaynesford 30 Quine's Ontological Relativity 588Gary L. Hardcastle 31 Carving Up a Reality in Which There are no Joints 604Crawford L. Elder Index 621

Details ISBN1119698162 Series Blackwell Companions to Philosophy Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1119698162 ISBN-13 9781119698166 Format Paperback Imprint Wiley-Blackwell DEWEY 149 Pages 674 Author Steven D. Hales UK Release Date 2020-06-26 NZ Release Date 1900-01-01 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Publication Date 2020-06-26 Place of Publication Hoboken Alternative 9781405190213 Edited by Steven D. Hales Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2020-06-26 AU Release Date 2020-06-25 Country of Publication United Kingdom We've got this

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