Linguistic relativism: Logic, grammar, and arithmetic in cultural comparison

Linguistic Grammar as Dynamic Logic

Natural language is the primary vehicle of human communication. It involves a series of interlocked processes at various levels of aggregation. Proof theory and dynamic logic provide two paradigms for dealing with this variety. This paper gives an analysis of some main issues that arise in merging the two viewpoints towards this broader goal. Topics discussed include: proof as discourse, interf...

Linguistic Relativism

Cultural Relativism in Earnings Management

The purpose of this study is to examine the possible impact of value systems on earnings management in France, Tunisia and Canada. Cultural values include power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism, masculinity and long-term orientation. The cross-cultural study uses the method of structural equations trough LISREL approach. The examination covers the period between 2003 and 2009. Fin...

Cultural Relativism 2 . 0

Cultural relativism continues to be closely identified with anthropology even though few anthropologists today endorse the comprehensive version of it first articulated by students of Franz Boas. A review of the progressive reduction of the scope of cultural relativism since the early decades of the twentieth century suggests that it should be regarded not as a comprehensive theory or doctrine ...

1 Kant and Cultural Relativism

We live an age of cultural relativism that asks how universal moral obligation can be justified. Immanuel Kant took up this challenge. His arguments can be reconstructed in a way that makes sense today.