Hinton, Erik C
(2010)
Expressing the Absolute: Pluralism and the World-in-Itself.
Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
The received view is that absolutes lead to monisms. However, this paper argues just the opposite: there is prevalent philosophical tradition in which absolutes demand a pluralistic world of experience. We will explore this tradition starting with ancient Jewish philosophy. We will move through the 17th century rationalists and conclude by investigating how modern philosophies of language and science adopt a concept of absolutes that are only expressed in a pluralistic world.
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| Item Type: |
University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
13 May 2010 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Defense Date: |
12 April 2012 |
| Approval Date: |
13 May 2010 |
| Submission Date: |
21 April 2010 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Philosophy
David C. Frederick Honors College |
| Degree: |
BPhil - Bachelor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Undergraduate Thesis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
absolutes; analytic; bohr; feyerabend; goodman; kabbalah; kant; leibniz; philosophy; pluralism; putnam; sellars; spinoza; wittgenstein |
| Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-04212010-032724/, etd-04212010-032724 |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 19:40 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:41 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/7442 |
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