Re: Ibn Rushd

Posted by fschmidt on
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Ockham was a Christian and therefore not a relativist.  A relativist says that truth is relative to the mind.  So for example on the question of whether God exists, this just depends on how one views the world, there is no correct answer for everyone.  Christians and Muslims believe that God exists in an absolute sense.

But in practice, a nominalist who believes in absolute truth, and a relativist who doesn't, will both think about practical issues in a similar way.  Nominalism results in tolerance and doubt and intellectual inquiry into practical things.