Critique and Review of Constructivism of Reality Based on Paul Boghossian’s Views
In the classic image of knowledge, the category of ‘reality’, and by extension those of ‘truth’ and ‘justification’, are treated as matters independent from the subject’s mind. Relativists, on the contrary, reject independence of these matters from the subject’s mind and hold that the three, or at l...
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| description | In the classic image of knowledge, the category of ‘reality’, and by extension those of ‘truth’ and ‘justification’, are treated as matters independent from the subject’s mind. Relativists, on the contrary, reject independence of these matters from the subject’s mind and hold that the three, or at least some of them, are shaped under the influence of needs, values and social interests. They are, in other words, ‘social constructs’. Knowledge is therefore a relative matter, varying from society to society and from a society in a certain time to that same society in another time. The result of such an attitude to knowledge is a theory which is known today as ‘epistemological relativism’. Paul Boghossian, contemporary philosopher, is a prominent critic of epistemological relativism. The present paper draws on Boghossian’s views to review and critique a certain type of epistemological relativism which results from ‘constructivism of reality’, demonstrating weaknesses of the theory as well as scrutinising a number of Boghossian’s views in the field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-48dc40b104cf43d09126ea1fe72b15012023-12-18T10:41:14ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University Pressحکمت و فلسفه1735-32382476-60382014-03-0110379311210.22054/wph.2014.61466146Critique and Review of Constructivism of Reality Based on Paul Boghossian’s ViewsFatemeh Saeedi0Abdolrasoul Kashfi1دانشگاه تهراندانشگاه تهرانIn the classic image of knowledge, the category of ‘reality’, and by extension those of ‘truth’ and ‘justification’, are treated as matters independent from the subject’s mind. Relativists, on the contrary, reject independence of these matters from the subject’s mind and hold that the three, or at least some of them, are shaped under the influence of needs, values and social interests. They are, in other words, ‘social constructs’. Knowledge is therefore a relative matter, varying from society to society and from a society in a certain time to that same society in another time. The result of such an attitude to knowledge is a theory which is known today as ‘epistemological relativism’. Paul Boghossian, contemporary philosopher, is a prominent critic of epistemological relativism. The present paper draws on Boghossian’s views to review and critique a certain type of epistemological relativism which results from ‘constructivism of reality’, demonstrating weaknesses of the theory as well as scrutinising a number of Boghossian’s views in the field.https://wph.atu.ac.ir/article_6146_22ef4cccd56d95f7890dfd8436472211.pdfconstructivism of realityobjectivismrelativism |
| spellingShingle | Fatemeh Saeedi Abdolrasoul Kashfi Critique and Review of Constructivism of Reality Based on Paul Boghossian’s Views حکمت و فلسفه constructivism of reality objectivism relativism |
| title | Critique and Review of Constructivism of Reality Based on Paul Boghossian’s Views |
| title_full | Critique and Review of Constructivism of Reality Based on Paul Boghossian’s Views |
| title_fullStr | Critique and Review of Constructivism of Reality Based on Paul Boghossian’s Views |
| title_full_unstemmed | Critique and Review of Constructivism of Reality Based on Paul Boghossian’s Views |
| title_short | Critique and Review of Constructivism of Reality Based on Paul Boghossian’s Views |
| title_sort | critique and review of constructivism of reality based on paul boghossian s views |
| topic | constructivism of reality objectivism relativism |
| url | https://wph.atu.ac.ir/article_6146_22ef4cccd56d95f7890dfd8436472211.pdf |
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