Pluralism
- This article is about the term pluralism in the philosophy of mind. For other uses of the term see, see Pluralism.
The concept of pluralism in philosophy indicates the belief that reality consists of many different things.[1] It sits in contrast with the concepts of monism and dualism in the philosophy of mind. In this sense the term also has wider ramifications in a range of fields of philosophy as it implies that there can be no single explanatory system, or view of reality that can explain the totality of life or that there are many different viewpoints or positions that could be held.
Moral philosophy of pluralism
- Main article: value-pluralism
Epistemological pluralism
Epistemological pluralism is a a common feature in postmodernist thought.[1]
Political philosophy of pluralism
- Main article: Pluralism in politics
Hylic pluralism
Johannes Jacobus Poortman made a classification of a number of different metaphysical views on of the world and formulated the concept he referred to as "hylic pluralism" to describe the plurality of matter and so bring metaphysics in harmony with scientific understandings of the world. The concept is related to Poortman's theosophical beliefs - bringing religious and philosophical understandings together.
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- Philosophyweb.com, A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names. Accessed 13 February 2007.
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