Particularism may refer to:
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Epistemological particularism Epistemological particularism is the view that one can know something without knowing ''how'' one knows it. By this view, one's knowledge is justified before one knows how such belief could be justified. Taking this as a philosophical approach, one ...
, one of the answers to the problem of the criterion in epistemology
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Historical particularism, an approach in anthropology
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Moral particularism
Moral particularism is a theory in meta-ethics that runs counter to the idea that moral actions can be determined by applying universal moral principles. It states that there is no set of moral principles that can be applied to every situation, m ...
, the view that there are no universal moral principles
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Multicultural particularism Multicultural particularism is the belief that a common culture for all people is either undesirable or impossible. In discussions of multiculturalism
The term multiculturalism has a range of meanings within the contexts of sociology, politica ...
, the belief that a common culture for all people is either undesirable or impossible
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Political particularism
In political science, political particularism is the ability of policymakers to further their careers by catering to narrow interests rather than to broader national platforms.
Political science
In a political system governed by particularis ...
, the politics of group identity that trumps universal rights
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Religious particularism, name given to the phenomenon of Americanism in the apostolic letter ''Testem benevolentiae nostrae''
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