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When in Rome : an introduction to relativism and knowledge / N.L. Gifford.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, (c)1983.Description: xviii, 159 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780873956673
  • 9780873956680
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BD221 .W446 1983
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Contents:
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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Withdrawn G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN Non-fiction BD221.G458.W446 1983 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 31923000537643

Includes bibliographies and index.

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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