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Relativism Refuted

A Critique of Contemporary Epistemological Relativism

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Harvey Siegel

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Miami, USA

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 189)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Relativism and the Problem of Incoherence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Incoherence Argument and the Notion of Relative Truth

      • Harvey Siegel
      Pages 3-31

    3. Frameworks, Conceptual Schemes, and “Framework Relativism”

      • Harvey Siegel
      Pages 32-44

  3. Relativism and the Philosophy of Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Kuhn and Relativism: Is He or Isn’t He?

      • Harvey Siegel
      Pages 47-69

    3. The Kuhnians

      • Harvey Siegel
      Pages 70-92

    4. The Kuhn-Inspired New Philosophy of Science

      • Harvey Siegel
      Pages 93-118

    5. The Un-Kuhnians: Relativism via the Problem-Solving Theory of Rationality

      • Harvey Siegel
      Pages 119-142

  4. Further Epistemological Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Goodmanian Relativism

      • Harvey Siegel
      Pages 145-159

    3. Relativism and Rationality: Towards an “Absolutist” Epistemology

      • Harvey Siegel
      Pages 160-169

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 170-217
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Miami, USA

    Harvey Siegel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Relativism Refuted

  • Book Subtitle: A Critique of Contemporary Epistemological Relativism

  • Authors: Harvey Siegel

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7746-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2469-4Published: 31 August 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8436-1Published: 25 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-7746-5Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 217

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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