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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

  • Pluralism (psychology) , William James' pluralism “That nothing real is absolutely simple. That each relation is one aspect, character or function. Way of it’s being taken. Or way of its taking something else."

  • 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



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