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The book of absolutes

a critique of relativism and a defence of universals

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English
Pages
398

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The book of absolutes: a critique of relativism and a defence of universals
2008, McGill-Queen's University Press
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Table of Contents

A brief history of relativism
The main types of relativism
Objections to relativism
The universals of human life and culture
The constants of nature
The war over biology: setting the stage
Hardwired: the universal of human biology, sex, and brain sex
Universals of law: the natural law and the moral law
The natural law and the moral law at work in the world
How language theory changed the (post) modern world
German philosophy and the relativist revolt against Western civilization
The sacred text: the French Nietzsche and the French Heidegger
Po-mo and the return to absolutes
The universals of language
A postscript, with a word about universals of literature, myth, and symbol
Appendix: some universals and constants of nature and human nature.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Montreal

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
111/.2
Library of Congress
BJ1500.R37 G35 2008, H61.15

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 398 p. ;
Number of pages
398

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23230670M
Internet Archive
bookofabsolutesc0000gair
ISBN 10
077353413X
ISBN 13
9780773534131
LCCN
2009294540
OCLC/WorldCat
213525885
Goodreads
4218281

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