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3 Objections to Relativism
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction xi
- A Brief History of Relativism 3
- The Main Types of Relativism 22
- Objections to Relativism 31
- The Universals of Human Life and Culture 44
- The Constants of Nature 69
- The War Over Biology: Setting the Stage 105
- Hardwired: The Universals of Human Biology, Sex, and Brain Sex 120
- Universals of Law: The Natural Law and the Moral Law 163
- The Natural Law and the Moral Law at Work in the World 194
- How Language Theory Changed the (Post)Modern World 217
- German Philosophy and the Relativist Revolt against Western Civilization 236
- The Sacred Text: The French Nietzsche and the French Heidegger 249
- Po-Mo and the Return to Absolutes 266
- The Universals of Language 278
- A Postscript, with a Word about the Universals of Literature, Myth, and Symbol 300
- Some Universals and Constants of Nature and Human Nature 309
- Notes 335
- Index 381
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction xi
- A Brief History of Relativism 3
- The Main Types of Relativism 22
- Objections to Relativism 31
- The Universals of Human Life and Culture 44
- The Constants of Nature 69
- The War Over Biology: Setting the Stage 105
- Hardwired: The Universals of Human Biology, Sex, and Brain Sex 120
- Universals of Law: The Natural Law and the Moral Law 163
- The Natural Law and the Moral Law at Work in the World 194
- How Language Theory Changed the (Post)Modern World 217
- German Philosophy and the Relativist Revolt against Western Civilization 236
- The Sacred Text: The French Nietzsche and the French Heidegger 249
- Po-Mo and the Return to Absolutes 266
- The Universals of Language 278
- A Postscript, with a Word about the Universals of Literature, Myth, and Symbol 300
- Some Universals and Constants of Nature and Human Nature 309
- Notes 335
- Index 381