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Pluralism

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-021299

1. Conceptual pluralism holds that causation has multiple distinct definitions that are all potentially legitimate and useful given different questions, bodies of evidence and contexts.

2. Ontological pluralism holds that there are multiple types of causes and of causation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-021299
FieldEnvironment
SubjectInformation management and systems
ReferencesCADDIS: Causal Concepts; Causal Concepts
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021299",
  "term": "Pluralism",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Conceptual pluralism holds that causation has multiple distinct definitions that are all potentially legitimate and useful given different questions, bodies of evidence and contexts.\n\n2. Ontological pluralism holds that there are multiple types of causes and of causation.",
  "subject": "Information management and systems",
  "references": [
    "CADDIS: Causal Concepts; Causal Concepts"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/pluralism/"
}

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