Umberto Eco

Maurizio Ferraris

Massimo Recalcati

Akeel Bilgrami

Hilary Putnam

John R. Searle

Mario De Caro

Carol Rovane

Diego Marconi

Michele Di Francesco

«In particolare, il nuovo realismo dice che la decostruzione e la critica non sono affatto equilibrismi da funamboli. In filosofia occorre saper riconoscere che cosa è culturalmente e socialmente costruito e cosa non lo è, oltre a tutte le infinite posizioni intermedie. Il vero lavoro del filosofo incomincia da qui, le tessere, siano esse quelle dell'antirealismo o del realismo, da sole non bastano, e ci auguriamo che questo volume testimoni non solo di un desiderio politico-culturale, ma anche di un lavoro». Bentornata realtà. Il nuovo realismo in discussione (a cura di Mario De Caro e Maurizio Ferraris) *** La questione filosofica oggi piú dibattuta negli interventi di dieci protagonisti.

Bentornata realtà

Relativism is a contested doctrine among philosophers, some of whom regard it as neither true nor false but simply incoherent. As Carol Rovane demonstrates in this tour-de-force, the way to defend relativism is not by establishing its truth but by clarifying its content. The Metaphysics and the Ethics of Relativism elaborates a doctrine of relativism that has a consistent logical, metaphysical, and practical significance. Relativism is worth debating, Rovane contends, because it bears directly on the moral choices we make in our lives. Rovane maintains that the most compelling conception of relativism is the "alternative intuition." Alternatives are truths that cannot be embraced together because they are not universal. Something other than logical contradiction excludes them. When this is so, logical relations no longer hold among all truth-value-bearers. Some truths will be irreconcilable between individuals even though they are valid in themselves. The practical consequence is that some forms of interpersonal engagement are confined within definite boundaries, and one has no choice but to view what lies beyond those boundaries with "epistemic indifference." In a very real sense, some people inhabit different worlds--true in themselves, but closed off to belief from those who hold irreducibly incompatible truths.

The Metaphysics and Ethics of Relativism

Carol Rovane

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