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If Jean de Léry was never called a citizen of the world or “cosmopolitan”, some aspects of his relationship to Brazilian alterity seem to correspond quite well to the definition which that term received throughout the centuries.
Dorine Rouiller
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The study of possibility and necessity of achieving the intention of the author; considering Hersch hermeneutic [PDF]
Despite being used in different branches of humanistic science such as literature, theology, and especially philosophy during the last two to three centuries, Hermeneutics has not yet been defined clearly.
Ahmad Azizkhani, Said Kardan
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The Problem of Post-Truth. Rethinking the Relationship between Truth and Politics [PDF]
‘Post-truth’ is a failed concept, both epistemically and politically because its simplification of the relationship between truth and politics cripples our understanding and encourages authoritarianism. This makes the diagnosis of our ‘post-truth era’ as
Vogelmann, Frieder
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The Incoherence of Moral Relativism [PDF]
: This paper is a response to Park Seungbae’s article, “Defence of Cultural Relativism”. Some of the typical criticisms of moral relativism are the following: moral relativism is erroneously committed to the principle of tolerance, which is a universal ...
Alvaro, Carlo
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Meaning Relativism and Subjective Idealism [PDF]
The paper discusses an objection, put forward by - among others - John McDowell, to Kripke’s Wittgenstein’s non-factualist and relativist view of semantic discourse.
Guardo, Andrea
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Since the time of Plato, relativism has been attacked as a self-refuting theory. Today, there are two basic kinds of argument that are used to show that global relativism is logically incoherent: first, a direct descendent of the argument Plato uses ...
H. Muhammad Legenhausen
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Theologians are used to pointing the finger at European continental postmodernism when dealing with modern relativism. This article addresses a problem that is seldom highlighted within theology: modern relativism is the result of a series of ...
Nicolaas J. Gronum
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Relativism and externalism [PDF]
Internalists in epistemology think that whether one possesses epistemic statuses such as knowledge or justification depends on factors that are internal to one; externalists think that whether one possesses these statuses can depend on factors that are external to one.
Carter, J. Adam, McKenna, Robin
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This paper addresses the issue of "universality" in the human rights discourse by engaging in two basic tasks: linking the UNDHR to a specific political evolution and juxtaposing this evolution with a difFerent distinct Islamic tradition.
Omer Siddiqui
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Report and Analysis on Ayatullah Jawadi Amuli’s Viewpoint about the Ethical Relativism [PDF]
Ascription and moral relativism are of important issues throughout the history of philosophy. Some people impressed by the findings of cultural differences; societies; customs; And even personal tastes, with rejecting every kind of generalism and ...
Mustafa Salatin, Muhsen Jawadi
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