In this short volume (first published in 1984), Peter Unger questions the objective answers that have have been given to traditional problems in philosopy. He casts doubt on the generally unquestioned view that fundamental questionspertaining to meaning and existence have direct solutions, arguing that by their very nature they remain ultimiately unanswerable. He suggests that the answers to these questions must be viewed in terms of a general philosophical and semantic relativily, proposing that truth cannot be arrived at in absolute sense but rather with relative degrees of precision. Written with unusual clarity, Philosophical Relativity, is provocative, highly readable and ambitious in scope.
| ISBN: | 9780195155532 |
| Publication date: | 7th November 2002 |
| Author: | Peter Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, New York University Unger |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 142 pages |
| Genres: |
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics |
In this short volume (first published in 1984), Peter Unger questions the objective answers that have have been given to traditional problems in philosopy. He casts doubt on the generally unquestioned view that fundamental questionspertaining to meaning and existence have direct solutions, arguing that by their very nature they remain ultimiately unanswerable. He suggests that the answers to these questions must be viewed in terms of a general philosophical and semantic relativily, proposing that truth cannot be arrived at in absolute sense but rather with relative degrees of precision. Written with unusual clarity, Philosophical Relativity, is provocative, highly readable and ambitious in scope.
Philosophical Relativity features in the following genres: Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics
Philosophical Relativity is available in Paperback
Philosophical Relativity was written by Peter Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, New York University Unger and published by Oxford University Press Inc
Philosophical Relativity has 142 pages