Towards a Philosophical Anthropology of Culture Naturalism, Relativism, and Skepticism

This book explores the question of what it means to be a human being through sustained and original analyses of three important philosophical topics: relativism, skepticism, and naturalism in the social sciences. Kevin Cahill's approach involves an original employment of historical and ethnogra...

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Main Author: Cahill, Kevin M. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2021
Series:Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
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