The book of absolutes
Subtitle: a critique of relativism and a defence of universals
By: William D. Gairdner.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780773534131
Subjects: Cultural relativism; Universals (Philosophy)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of relativism; title: The main types of relativism; title: Objections to relativism; title: The universals of human life and culture; title: The constants of nature; title: The war over biology: setting the stage; title: Hardwired: the universal of human biology, sex, and brain sex; title: Universals of law: the natural law and the moral law; title: The natural law and the moral law at work in the world; title: How language theory changed the (post) modern world; title: German philosophy and the relativist revolt against Western civilization; title: The sacred text: the French Nietzsche and the French Heidegger; title: Po-mo and the return to absolutes; title: The universals of language; title: A postscript, with a word about universals of literature, myth, and symbol; title: Appendix: some universals and constants of nature and human nature.