Relativism and Reality

A Contemporary Introduction

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10693861
AutoresGerald Doppelt, Robert G W Kirk (0000-0002-6541-5915), Robert Kirk, Stathis Psillo (0000-0002-2910-5098), Stathis Psillos
Ano2002
Volume111
Fascículo1
Páginas142
Data de publicação2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Philosophical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0031-8108 • E-ISSN: 1558-1470
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3182585
OpenAlexW634005589
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8

Our thoughts about the world are clearly influenced by such things as point of view, temperament, past experience and culture. However, some thinkers go much further and argue that everything that exists depends on us, arguing that 'even reality is relative'. Can we accept such a claim in the face of events such as floods and other natural disasters or events seemingly beyond our control? 'Realists' argue that reality is independent of out thinking. 'Relativists' disagree, arguing that what there is depends on our point of view. Which is right? Robert Kirk provides a crystal clear account of this debate from the Greek philosophers to Wittgenstein and Rorty. Along the way, he unpacks some of the more complicated issues surrounding ideas of objectivity, subjectivity, pragmatism and realism essential for those beginning any study of philosphy

Analytic philosophy · Contemporary philosophy · Epistemology · General interest · Relativism · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Philosophy, Science, and History · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education