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Pluralism
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Pluralism is used, often in different ways, across a wide range of topics:
- Scientific pluralism, the view that some phenomena observed in science require multiple explanations to account for their nature
- Pluralism (political philosophy), the acknowledgment of diversity
- Pluralism (political theory), holds that political power in society does not lie with the electorate but is distributed among a wide number of groups
- Pluralism (philosophy), entirely unrelated positions in metaphysics and epistemology
- Value pluralism, the idea that there are several values which may be equally correct and fundamental, and yet in conflict with each other
- Cosmic pluralism, the belief in numerous other worlds beyond the Earth which harbour extraterrestrial life
- Religious pluralism, a loosely defined term concerning peaceful relations between different religions
- Cultural pluralism, when small groups within a larger society maintain their unique cultural identities
- Economic pluralism, the diversity of business sizes, types, and industries
- Legal pluralism, allows for moral laws that are unwritten as formal laws
- In art, the art of the current period where every style is practiced, characterizing late 20th and early 21st century Contemporary art
- In the sense of holding multiple ecclesiastical offices, see benefice
- Pluralist School, a Greek school of pre-Socratic philosophers
- Critical Pluralism, the view that there are many acceptable interpretations of many artworks that cannot be conjoined into a single correct interpretation.[1]
- Global Centre for Pluralism, an international centre for research, education and exchange, based in Ottawa, Canada
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