24.03 Relativism, Reason, and Reality, Spring 2005
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 no...
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| description | 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? Guided by the writings of Thomas Kuhn, Gilbert Harman, Judith Thomson, John Perry and Derek Parfit, we attempt to make these vague questions precise, and we make a start at answering them. |
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| title | 24.03 Relativism, Reason, and Reality, Spring 2005 |
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| topic | relativism moral standards science truth rationality cultural norms Thomas Kuhn Karl Popper Gilbert Harman Judith Thomson Derek Parfit 380101 Philosophy 230101 English Language and Literature, General 380103 Ethics |
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