Pluralism (metaphysics)
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This article is about the term pluralism in metaphysics. For other uses of the term see, see Pluralism.
The concept of pluralism in philosophy indicates the belief that reality consists of many different substances.[1] It sits in contrast with the concepts of monism and dualism in metaphysics.
In this sense the term also has wider ramifications in a range of fields of philosophy as it has been taken to imply 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. The word has therefore been taken up by a wide range of philosophical and theoretical positions.
[edit] See also
- Pantheism
- Value-pluralism
- Pluralism in political philosophy
- Pluralism in political theory
- Legal pluralism
- Economic pluralism
- Postmodernism - which often includes epistemological pluralism
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[edit] References
- Philosophyweb.com, A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names. Accessed 13 February 2007.
