PHI 3830 - Rationality and Relativism

Institution:

SUNY at Purchase College

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Description:

4 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) An examination of debates among 20th-century philosophers and anthropologists over whether morality, knowledge, or rationality itself are in any sense “relative” to culture, to history, or to both. Both“relativistic” and “anti-relativistic” positions are criticalexamined, along with their relevance to current interdisciplinary topics like multiculturalism and colonialism.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.purchase.edu

Phone Number:

(914) 251-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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