Multiculturalism, relativism and rationality

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Jorge Eliecer Sierra Merchán

Abstract

ln this article the author presents and analyzes Davidson's arguments against the notion of representation of knowledge which ¡induced the dispute between relativists and realists. The contention supports o new form of realism for which the existence of o sole word scheme becomes o pseudo quest and that relativism despite its widespread acceptance isn’t possible in logical terms. The first part of this work deals with Davidson's critic to the traditional notion of representation of truth and knowledge a topic that issued the problem of the existence of an outer world, a central issue in modern epistemology. lf such conception implies that the existence of an outer world is o genuine philosophical problem, by establishing that it is just a pseudo -problem would prove representationism wrong. ln the second part, and based on David Stove's work, the topic of the outer world is examined as well as solipsism, its counterpart grounded on the myth of subjectivity.

Author Biography

Jorge Eliecer Sierra Merchán, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios

Filósofo de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, actualmente adelanta estudios de Maestría en Filosofía. Docente del Departamento de Filosofía de UNIMINUTO.