relativism
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philosophy of language
- In philosophy of language: Words and ideas
…the hypothesis implies linguistic conceptual relativism, or “linguistic relativity,” the idea that language so completely determines the thoughts of its users that there can be no common conceptual scheme between people speaking different languages. It also implies linguistic idealism, the idea that people cannot know anything that does not conform…
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postmodernism
- In postmodernism: Postmodernism and relativism
As indicated in the preceding section, many of the characteristic doctrines of postmodernism constitute or imply some form of metaphysical, epistemological, or ethical relativism. (It should be noted, however, that some postmodernists vehemently reject the relativist label.) Postmodernists deny that there are aspects of
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