relativity of reality

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• relativity of knowledge — n. Philos. the theory that all knowledge is relative to the mind, or that things can be known only through their effects on the mind, and that consequently there can be no knowledge of reality as it is in itself * * * …   Universalium

• relativity of knowledge — n. Philos. the theory that all knowledge is relative to the mind, or that things can be known only through their effects on the mind, and that consequently there can be no knowledge of reality as it is in itself …   English World dictionary

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