Relativism And Monadic Truth

Author : Herman Cappelen,John Hawthorne
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191567995

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Relativism and Monadic Truth by Herman Cappelen,John Hawthorne Pdf

Relativism has dominated many intellectual circles, past and present, but the twentieth century saw it banished to the fringes of mainstream analytic philosophy. Of late, however, it is making something of a comeback within that loosely configured tradition, a comeback that attempts to capitalize on some important ideas in foundational semantics. Relativism and Monadic Truth aims not merely to combat analytic relativism but also to combat the foundational ideas in semantics that led to its revival. Doing so requires a proper understanding of the significance of possible worlds semantics, an examination of the relation between truth and the flow of time, an account of putatively relevant data from attitude and speech act reporting, and a careful treatment of various operators. Throughout, Herman Cappelen and John Hawthorne contrast relativism with a view according to which the contents of thought and talk are propositions that instantiate the fundamental monadic properties of truth simpliciter and falsity simpliciter. Such propositions, they argue, are the semantic values of sentences (relative to context), the objects of illocutionary acts, and, unsurprisingly, the objects of propositional attitudes.

Author : Paul O'Grady
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317489825

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Relativism by Paul O'Grady Pdf

The issue of relativism looms large in many contemporary discussions of knowledge, reality, society, religion, culture and gender. Is truth relative? To what extent is knowledge dependent on context? Are there different logics? Do different cultures and societies see the world differently? And is reality itself something that is constructed? This book offers a path through these debates. O'Grady begins by clarifying what exactly relativism is and how it differs from scepticism and pluralism. He then examines five main types of cognitive relativism: alethic relativism, logical relativism, ontological relativism; epistemological relativism, and relativism about rationality. Each is clearly distinguised and the arguments for and against each are assessed. O'Grady offers a welcome survey of recent debates, engaging with the work of Davidson, Devitt, Kuhn, Putnam, Quine, Rorty, Searle, Winch and Wittgenstein, among others, and he offers a distinct position of his own on this hotly contested issue.

Author : John Gordon MacFarlane
Publisher : Context & Content
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199682751

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Assessment Sensitivity by John Gordon MacFarlane Pdf

Explores how we might make sense of the idea that truth is relative and uses the idea to give satisfying accounts of parts of our thought and talk that resist traditional analysis.

Author : Richard Schantz,Markus Seidel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110325904

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The Problem of Relativism in the Sociology of (Scientific) Knowledge by Richard Schantz,Markus Seidel Pdf

This volume comprises original articles by leading authors – from philosophy as well as sociology – in the debate around relativism in the sociology of (scientific) knowledge. Its aim has been to bring together several threads from the relevant disciplines and to cover the discussion from historical and systematic points of view. Among the contributors are Maria Baghramian, Barry Barnes, Martin Endreß, Hubert Knoblauch, Richard Schantz and Harvey Siegel.

Author : Maria Baghramian,Annalisa Coliva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000691108

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Relativism by Maria Baghramian,Annalisa Coliva Pdf

Relativism, an ancient philosophical doctrine, is once again a topic of heated debate. In this book, Maria Baghramian and Annalisa Coliva present the recent arguments for and against various forms of relativism. The first two chapters introduce the conceptual and historical contours of relativism. These are followed by critical investigations of relativism about truth, conceptual relativism, epistemic relativism, and moral relativism. The concluding chapter asks whether it is possible to make sense of relativism as a philosophical thesis. The book introduces readers to the main types of relativism and the arguments in their favor. It also goes beyond the expository material to engage in more detailed critical responses to the key positions and authors under discussion. Including chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary, Relativism is essential reading for students of philosophy as well as those in related disciplines where relativism is studied, such as anthropology, sociology, and politics.

Author : Jessica Brown,Herman Cappelen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199573004

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Assertion by Jessica Brown,Herman Cappelen Pdf

Assertion is a fundamental feature of language. This volume will be the place to look for anyone interested in current work on the topic. Philosophers of language and epistemologists join forces to elucidate what kind of speech act assertion is, particularly in light of relativist views of truth, and how assertion is governed by epistemic norms.

Author : Herman Cappelen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199644865

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Philosophy Without Intuitions by Herman Cappelen Pdf

The standard view of philosophical methodology is that philosophers rely on intuitions as evidence. Herman Cappelen argues that this claim is false, and reveals how it has encouraged pseudo-problems, presented misguided ideas of what philosophy is, and misled exponents of metaphilosophy and experimental philosophy.

Author : Joseph Margolis
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0631181784

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The Truth about Relativism by Joseph Margolis Pdf

Author : Peter Davson-Galle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429810770

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The Possibility of Relative Truth by Peter Davson-Galle Pdf

First published in 1998, this book is an investigation of the possibility of articulating a coherent thesis of truth relativism within first, a host correspondence theory of truth and second, a host coherence theory of truth. The type of relativism addressed in the book is what is sometimes called ’framework relativism’ - that where truth is relativised to a framework of belief or conceptual scheme. A further restraint is that a global relativistic thesis is sought - one which is relativistic about all truths. The book does not set itself the task of defending relativism but just that of seeking a coherent articulation of it.

Author : Crispin Wright
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192845993

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Essays on Relativism by Crispin Wright Pdf

The classical Protagorean idea that the idea of absolute truth is an illusion -- that there is only 'your truth' and 'my truth', or perhaps 'our truth' and 'their truth' -- was until quite recently widely regarded as thoroughly and deservedly discredited. However there has recently been a sea change among professional philosophers in the analytical tradition, with a number of distinguished specialists arguing that, when suitably disciplined and refined, relative truth can play a central and illuminating role in the theory of the workings of a number of important regions of thought and discourse. Crispin Wright has been a leading protagonist in the resulting debates. The papers gathered here chart the development of his ideas over the last two decades on three interconnected sets of issues in which the renaissance of relative truth has intensified interest: · the general metaphysics of relativism and whether it has the resources to rebut the traditional objections to it. · the significance of the "standards-variability" phenomena that seem to afflict ascriptions of knowledge and claims featuring epistemic 'mights' and 'coulds'. · the challenge to find the best formulation of anti-realism about certain areas of our thought and discourse -- taste, humour, or etiquette, perhaps, -- in such a way as to make sense of the intuitive idea that disagreement about matters within these areas can be and often is "faultless". The overall tendency of the chapters is to call into question the claimed theoretical advantages of 'New Age' relativism. As so often in Philosophy, however, it is the journey rather than the destination from which we learn.

Author : Berit Brogaard
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780199796908

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Transient Truths by Berit Brogaard Pdf

What are the things that we assert, believe, and desire? The orthodox view among philosophers is eternalism: these are contents that have their truth-values eternally. This book provides a defense of the opposing view, temporalism: these are contents that can change their truth-values along with changes in the world.

Author : Georg Peter,Reuß-Markus Krauße
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783734761270

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China's Modernization I by Georg Peter,Reuß-Markus Krauße Pdf

The idea of only one way leading to a modern society seems to be hardly tenable. But even if we agree to this, our theories and terms describing modernization are gained on our own Western history. So social science has to reconsider its basic terms to describe China’s modernization, and maybe even the understanding of modernization itself. The first of two volumes on China’s modernization, collects articles by leading Chinese and Western scientists focusing on the main conflicts and differences this process involves. In a first section – “Changing China: Dealing with Diversity” –, Björn Alperman analyses the terms “Class, Citizenship and Individualization in China’s Modernization”. Andrew Kipnis analyses the “Chinese Nation-Building as, Instead of, and Before Globalization”, while John R. Gibbins examines “Principles for Cosmopolitan Societies: Values for Cosmopolitan Places”. “On Modernization: Law, Business, and Economy in China”, the second section, deals with “Modernizing Chinese Law: The Protection of Private Property in China” by Sanzhu Zhu, “Chinese Organizations as Groups of People – Towards a Chinese Business Administration” by Peter J. Peverelli, and “Income Gaps in Economic Development: Differences among Regions, Occupational Groups and Ethnic Groups” by Ma Rong. The last section – “Thinking Differentiations: Chinese Origin and the Western Culture” – concentrates on the role of religion with articles by Richard Madsen (“Christianity and Hybrid Modernity in China”) and Thorsten Botz-Bornstein (“Confucianism, Puritanism, and the Transcendental: China and America”). Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom argues that Nathan Sharansky’s test for free nations should take regional variations into account in “China and the Town Square Test”. In “Metaphor, Poetry and Cultural Implicature” Ying Zhang examines if the Western understanding of metaphor can be transferred to Chinese language and culture. The additional rubric “On Contemporary Philosophy” involves three articles about the question “Can Science Change our Notion of Existence?” by Jody Azzouni, “The Epistemological Significance of Practices” by Alan Millar, and “On Cappelen and Hawthrone’s ‘Relativism and Monadic Truth’” by J. Adam Carter. Content and abstracts: www.protosociology.de

Author : Manuel García-Carpintero,Max Kölbel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199234950

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Relative Truth by Manuel García-Carpintero,Max Kölbel Pdf

Relative Truth examines a question which has become the focus of one of the liveliest debates in philosophy: whether truth is relative to standards of taste, values, or subjective informational states. Specially written papers by leading figures, together with a helpful introduction, make this book the starting-point for future work.

Author : Herman Cappelen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191631245

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Philosophy without Intuitions by Herman Cappelen Pdf

The claim that contemporary analytic philosophers rely extensively on intuitions as evidence is almost universally accepted in current meta-philosophical debates and it figures prominently in our self-understanding as analytic philosophers. No matter what area you happen to work in and what views you happen to hold in those areas, you are likely to think that philosophizing requires constructing cases and making intuitive judgments about those cases. This assumption also underlines the entire experimental philosophy movement: only if philosophers rely on intuitions as evidence are data about non-philosophers' intuitions of any interest to us. Our alleged reliance on the intuitive makes many philosophers who don't work on meta-philosophy concerned about their own discipline: they are unsure what intuitions are and whether they can carry the evidential weight we allegedly assign to them. The goal of this book is to argue that this concern is unwarranted since the claim is false: it is not true that philosophers rely extensively (or even a little bit) on intuitions as evidence. At worst, analytic philosophers are guilty of engaging in somewhat irresponsible use of 'intuition'-vocabulary. While this irresponsibility has had little effect on first order philosophy, it has fundamentally misled meta-philosophers: it has encouraged meta-philosophical pseudo-problems and misleading pictures of what philosophy is.

Author : Steven D. Hales
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781444392487

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A Companion to Relativism by Steven D. Hales Pdf

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 relativism Presents a substantial, broad range of current thinking about relativism Addresses relativism from many of the major subfields of philosophy, including philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of science, logic, and metaphysics