Definition of "pluralism"

Polytheism was inherently tolerant of the worship of many gods, because no single god was thought to control all the phenomena that are vital for human life. The gods were believed to tolerate this pluralism, and several could be worshiped in the same sanctuary or addressed in the same prayer.

2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1017

Instead, it is more probable that globalization is leading to a plurality of pluralisms.

2007, Matthias Koenig with Paul F. A. Guchteneire, Unesco, Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies, page 251

Due to pluralism and conflicts within the good itself, such perfection, for Berlin, is not possible. A compromise does not brin us closer to a higher telos in history.

2006, Connie Aarsbergen-Ligtvoet, Isaiah Berlin: A Value Pluralist and Humanist View of Human Nature and the Meaning of Live

Pluralism is a creative force because it admits of multiple ways to see a thing, multiple valuable paths to choose from.

2016, Stuart Firestein, Failure: Why Science is So Successful, page 217

2014, Salvatore Florio, “Untyped Pluralism”, in Mind‎, volume 123, number 490, pages 317–337

2015, Michael Rieppel, “Pluralities and Plural Logic”, in Analysis‎, volume 75, number 3, pages 504–514