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[Eli Turkel via Avodah]

Sagi in his book on the topic brings 3 basic approaches (all with many
supporters) to the sugya

1) Monism - only one truth
as subfields we can be tolerant of other attempts or not

2) pluralism - there are many truths and one can't decide

3)  harmonism - different views are just separate parts of the same truth

R Michael Avraham points out that pluraism is self-contradictory. According
to that viewpoint one legitimate viewpoint is monism !

He further points out that sometimes pluralism can be a chumra

Question: Can you offer someone food that you think is kosher but he
doesn't accept the kashrut
Answer:
Monism - no problem as you are right and he is wrong
Pluralism - assur since his opinion is acceptable

Of course these are only typologies. In the real world anyone who believes
in pluralism has some radius of acceptance. Few would accept Naziism or
Isis as a legitimate viewpoint

-- 
Eli Turkel
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