Against Relativism: A Philosophical Defense of Method

by James Franklin Harris

Book Overview

Recent decades have witnessed the extraordinary growth of radical relativism, a doctrine which now dominates the entire culture, from popular music to journalism and from religion to school curricula. According to the radical relativist creed, any proposition can be true or false in relation to a chosen framework, the evaluation of fundamental theories or 'paradigms' is beyond argument, there are no universal standards of rationality, and, methodologically,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812692020
• ISBN13: 9780812692020
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Open Court
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"