Relativism and Human Rights: A Theory of Pluralistic Universalism

by Claudio Corradetti

Book Overview

The First Chapter discusses the possibility of constructing a notion of linguistic and moral partial commensurability while admitting, contra Davidson, the relevance of conceptual schemes. This has guided me into the investigation of schemes and commensurability in an innovative way. I have made use of the most recent results coming from cognitive linguistics and the debate upon cognitive linguistic relativism in order to overcome the idea of radical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402099851
• ISBN13: 9781402099854
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"