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Single Idea 3868
[filed under theme 13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 4. Cultural relativism
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Full Idea
Truth, says the cultural relativist, is culture-bound. But if it were, then he, within his own culture, ought to see his own culture-bound truth as absolute. He cannot proclaim cultural relativism without rising above it.
Gist of Idea
To proclaim cultural relativism is to thereby rise above it
Source
report of Willard Quine (works [1961]) by W.H. Newton-Smith - The Rationality of Science VII.10
Book Ref
Newton-Smith,W.H.: 'The Rationality of Science' [RKP 1981], p.181
The
12 ideas
with the same theme
[role of culture in shaping individual knowledge]:
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1559
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Thracians think tattooing adds to a girl's beauty, but elsewhere it is a punishment
[Anon (Diss)]
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1561
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Anything can be acceptable in some circumstances and unacceptable in others
[Anon (Diss)]
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1560
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Lydians prostitute their daughters to raise a dowery, but no Greek would marry such a girl
[Anon (Diss)]
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1910
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With us it is shameful for men to wear earrings, but among Syrians it is considered noble
[Sext.Empiricus]
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1911
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Even if all known nations agree on a practice, there may be unknown nations which disagree
[Sext.Empiricus]
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5303
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For the proletariate, law, morality and religion are just expressions of bourgeois interests
[Marx/Engels]
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2877
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Morality becomes a problem when we compare many moralities
[Nietzsche]
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3868
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To proclaim cultural relativism is to thereby rise above it
[Quine, by Newton-Smith]
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1490
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You would have to be very morally lazy to ignore criticisms of your own culture
[Nagel]
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10356
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Relativism can be seen as about the rationality of different cultural traditions
[MacIntyre, by Kusch]
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4934
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Cultures have a common core of colour naming, based on three axes of colour pairs
[Edelman/Tononi]
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10498
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Classification is no longer held to be rooted in social institutions
[Ellen]
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