When in Rome / Gifford, N. L. 

Public ISBD Titre : When in Rome : an introduction to relativism and knowledge Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Gifford, N. L., Auteur Editeur : Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press Année de publication : ©1983 Collection : SUNY series in philosophy. Importance : xviii, 159 p. Format : 23 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-87395-667-3 Note générale : Includes index Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Knowledge, Theory of Relativity Index. décimale : BD 221 Note de contenu : Chapter 1: The problem of knowledge -- Knowledge, who needs it? -- "I'm from Missouri -- show me" -- Have a seat -- Belief, everybody's got one -- The foundations of knowledge -- Chapter 2: Naive Relativism -- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: subjective knowledge -- Subjective evidence: a philosophical dilemma -- Different strokes for different folks: abuses -- The problem of evidence -- Chapter 3: Context relativism -- The importance of context: three examples -- Argument from uniqueness: the relativist's challenge -- Philosophers at work -- Subject and object -- It all depends on what you mean: abuses -- Increasing our knowledge of the world -- Chapter 4: Cultural relativism -- The argument from language -- Social scientists at work: Benedict and Marx -- The philosopher's dilemma returns: the problem of intersubjectivity -- Tools of evidence: confirmation and explanation -- Pseudo-generalization/pseudo-knowledge: abuses -- Science and knowledge -- Chapter 5: Empirical knowledge -- A modification -- Dialogue with the popular relativist -- A final defense of objectivity and universality. When in Rome : an introduction to relativism and knowledge [texte imprimé] / Gifford, N. L., Auteur . - Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1983 . - xviii, 159 p. ; 23 cm. - (SUNY series in philosophy.) . ISBN : 978-0-87395-667-3 Includes index Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Knowledge, Theory of Relativity Index. décimale : BD 221 Note de contenu : Chapter 1: The problem of knowledge -- Knowledge, who needs it? -- "I'm from Missouri -- show me" -- Have a seat -- Belief, everybody's got one -- The foundations of knowledge -- Chapter 2: Naive Relativism -- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: subjective knowledge -- Subjective evidence: a philosophical dilemma -- Different strokes for different folks: abuses -- The problem of evidence -- Chapter 3: Context relativism -- The importance of context: three examples -- Argument from uniqueness: the relativist's challenge -- Philosophers at work -- Subject and object -- It all depends on what you mean: abuses -- Increasing our knowledge of the world -- Chapter 4: Cultural relativism -- The argument from language -- Social scientists at work: Benedict and Marx -- The philosopher's dilemma returns: the problem of intersubjectivity -- Tools of evidence: confirmation and explanation -- Pseudo-generalization/pseudo-knowledge: abuses -- Science and knowledge -- Chapter 5: Empirical knowledge -- A modification -- Dialogue with the popular relativist -- A final defense of objectivity and universality.

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