Pluralism

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Pluralism in general denotes a diversity of views or stands, rather than a single approach or method.

Pluralism or pluralist may refer more specifically to:

Politics and law

• Pluralism (political philosophy), the acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems
• Pluralism (political theory), belief that there should be diverse and competing centres of power in society
• Legal pluralism, the existence of differing legal systems in a population or area
• Pluralist democracy, a political system with more than one center of power

Philosophy

• Philosophical pluralism, a doctrine according to which many basic substances make up reality
• Pluralist school, a Greek school of pre-Socratic philosophers
• Epistemological pluralism or methodological pluralism, the view that some phenomena require multiple methods to account for their nature
• Value pluralism, the idea that several values may be equally correct and yet in conflict with each other

Religion

• Religious pluralism, the acceptance of all religious paths as equally valid, promoting coexistence
• Clerical pluralism, the holding of multiple ecclesiastical offices
• Pluralism Project, a Harvard-affiliated project to investigate religious diversity in the United States

Other uses

• Cosmic pluralism, the belief in numerous other worlds beyond the Earth, which may possess the conditions suitable for life
• Cultural pluralism, when small groups within a larger society maintain their unique cultural identities
• Media pluralism, the representation of different cultural groups and political opinions in the media
• Pluralist commonwealth, a systemic model of wealth democratization
• Pluralistic ignorance, a phenomenon in which people mistakenly believe that others predominantly hold an opinion different from their own
• Pluralism in economics, a campaign to enrich the academic discipline of economics

See also

• Plurality (disambiguation)
• Journal of Legal Pluralism, a peer-reviewed academic journal that focuses on legal pluralism
• Global Centre for Pluralism, an international centre for research of pluralist societies
• Multiculturalism, the existence of multiple cultural traditions within a single country
• Postmodernism, a broad movement in the late-20th century that is skeptical toward grand narratives or ideologies
• Pluralistic, a blog by Cory Doctorow
• All pages beginning with "Pluralism" or "Pluralist"
• All pages with titles containing Pluralism

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