perspectivism


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
perspectivism/pəˈspɛktɪvɪz(ə)m/
noun
  • 1 Philosophy the theory that knowledge of a subject is inevitably partial and limited by the individual perspective from which it is viewed.
  • 2 the practice of regarding and analysing a situation or work of art from different points of view.
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