relationism

noun — 2 senses

relationism

noun

Etymology From relation + -ism.

1

Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences The doctrine that relations between things have a real existence.

2

Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Karl Mannheim's idea, proposed as a response to relativism, that the recognition of different perspectives according to differences in time and social location appears arbitrary only to an abstract and disembodied theory of knowledge.

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