Practicing Relativism in the Anthropocene: On Science, Belief, and the Humanities

by Barbara Herrnstein Smith

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In Practicing Relativism in the Anthropocene, Barbara Herrnstein Smith addresses a set of contemporary issues involving knowledge and science from a constructivist-pragmatist perspective often labeled "relativism." Practicing that relativism, she argues, does not mean refusing judgment or asserting absurdities but being conscious of the existence and significance of contingency, complexity, and multiplicity. Rejecting classic and neorealist views...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1785420704

ISBN13:9781785420702

Release Date:October 2018

Publisher:Open Humanities Press

Length:152 Pages

Weight:0.76 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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