Relativism refuted : a critique of contemporary epistemological relativism

Author(s)

• Siegel, Harvey

Bibliographic Information

Relativism refuted : a critique of contemporary epistemological relativism

Harvey Siegel

（Synthese library, v. 189）

D. Reidel, c1987

Note

Includes index

Bibliography: p. 198-204

Description and Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Relativism and the Problem of Incoherence.- The Incoherence Argument and the Notion of Relative Truth.- Frameworks, Conceptual Schemes, and "Framework Relativism".- Relativism and the Philosophy of Science.- Kuhn and Relativism: Is He or Isn't He?.- The Kuhnians.- The Kuhn-Inspired New Philosophy of Science.- The Un-Kuhnians: Relativism via the Problem-Solving Theory of Rationality.- Further Epistemological Considerations.- Goodmanian Relativism.- Relativism and Rationality: Towards an "Absolutist" Epistemology.

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• NCID: BA01443055
• ISBN:
  • 9027724695
• LCCN: 87015154
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Dordrecht ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 210 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BD221
  • DC19 : 121
  • NDC8 : 115
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Relativity
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00017801