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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: William D. Gairdner , William D. GairdnerPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.804kg ISBN: 9780773534131ISBN 10: 077353413 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 21 August 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Introduction 1 A Brief History of Relativism; 2 The Main Types of Relativism; 3 Objections to Relativism; 4 The Universals of Human Life and Culture; 5 The Constants of Nature; 6 The War over Biology: Setting the Stage; 7 Hardwired: The Universals of Human Biology, Sex, and Brain Sex; 8 Universals of Law: The Natural Law and the Moral Law; 9 The Natural Law and the Moral Law at Work in the World; 10 How Language Theory Changed the (Post) Modern World; 11 German Philosophy and the Relativist Revolt against Western Civilization; 12 The Sacred Text: The French Nietzsche and the French Heidegger; 13 Po-Mo and the Return to Absolutes; 14 The Universals of Language; 15 A Postscript, with a Word about the Universals of Literature, Myth, and Symbol Appendix: Some Universals and Constants of Nature and Human Nature; Notes; IndexReviewsStrikingly original and important. Tom Flanagan, University of Calgary Gairdner's intellectual range and control his material is breathtaking ... almost no one writing today has the command of the literature in as many disciplines as this author has. Ian Gentles, York University """Strikingly original and important."" Tom Flanagan, University of Calgary ""Gairdner's intellectual range and control his material is breathtaking ... almost no one writing today has the command of the literature in as many disciplines as this author has."" Ian Gentles, York University" Author InformationWilliam D. Gairdner is a best-selling author, businessman, and independent scholar . His most recent books are Canada's Founding Debates and The Trouble with Democracy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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