24.03 Relativism, Reason, & Reality, Fall 2002

Title:	24.03 Relativism, Reason, & Reality, Fall 2002
Author:	Yablo, Stephen
Issue Date:	2002-12
Abstract:	An examination of philosophical issues on the theme of relativism. Are moral standards relative to cultures and/or moral frameworks? Are there incompatible or non-comparable ways of thinking about the world that are somehow equally good? Is science getting closer to the truth? Is rationality -- the notion of a good reason to believe something -- relative to cultural norms? What are selves? Is there a coherent form of relativism about the self? Discussion of these questions through the writings of contemporary philosophers such as Thomas Kuhn, Karl Popper, Gilbert Harman, Judith Thomson, and Derek Parfit. Emphasis on ways of making these vague questions precise, and critical evaluation of philosophical arguments.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35895
Other Identifiers:	24.03-Fall2002
Other Identifiers:	24.03 IMSCP-MD5-0eb0f335af5d36cac30e6f51ff6d426a
Keywords:	relativism, moral standards, science, truth, rationality, cultural norms, Thomas Kuhn, Karl Popper, Gilbert Harman, Judith Thomson, Derek Parfit, Ethical relativism, Cultural relativism, 380101, Philosophy

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