Relativism in the Philosophy of Anthropology

In Martin Kusch (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Relativism. Routledge. pp. 425–434 (2019)
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This chapter explores arguments, ideas, and practices related to relativism in social and cultural anthropology. It covers discussions about cultural relativism, methodological relativism, conceptual relativism, relativism about rationality, moral relativism, epistemic relativism, and ontological relativism.

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