Plural Romance

Romantic/emotionally intimate, non-platonic relationships whether dating, courtship, marriage etc. held by someone with more than one other person at one time with full disclosure among all parties.

There's a name for people who are open to plural romance; it's a normal fucking human who is alive.

by ApricotFields May 21, 2025

boo plural

Boos?
Boo’s?
Boos’?

She/He is my boo of “boos” (boo plural)

by Maverick4u2c August 6, 2023

Plural Romance

Being romantically involved with more than one person at one time and all involved parties are aware and accepting of it.

Being queer really opens the door to plural romance for non-sultans.

by ApricotFields May 30, 2024

Religious Pluralism

Unlike what most dumbasses will tell you, religious pluralism is not the idea that ever religion is correct, but instead the idea that anyone can attain spiritual enlightenment no matter what religion they were raised to believe

(Average televangelist who probably only does it for the money): Religious pluralism can’t be true! Islam and Christianity believe two different things about Jesus, therefore I have the right to force my fundamentalist religious zeal on others!
Blake (very cool guy): Bro stfu

by Urbandefiner1888 February 20, 2022

Evidence Pluralism

The principle that what counts as legitimate "evidence" depends on the context and the question being asked. It rejects the idea that only quantitative, statistical data from controlled experiments constitutes valid proof. Under this view, a patient's detailed narrative, a historical document, an ethnographic observation, or a logical model can all serve as robust evidence within their respective domains of inquiry.

Example: In a court of law, Evidence Pluralism is the rule. The case is built on forensic data (DNA), documentary evidence (a contract), testimonial evidence (an eyewitness account), and expert interpretation (a psychologist's analysis). Dismissing the witness's story because it's not a DNA strand would be absurd. Different questions (Who was there? What happened?) require different forms of proof.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 6, 2026

Epistemological Pluralism

The sister concept to Scientific Pluralism, focused on the nature of knowledge itself. It asserts that there are multiple, equally valid "ways of knowing" and that no single epistemological framework (like empiricism or rationalism) gets to monopolize the title of "true knowledge." This pluralism validates knowledge from lived experience, tradition, narrative, and practical skill alongside experimental data, arguing that a person with a PhD and a master craftsperson with 40 years of hands-on experience both hold profound, yet different, forms of epistemic authority.

Example: Managing a forest. Epistemological Pluralism values the quantitative data from a forestry scientist's satellite survey AND the qualitative, experiential knowledge of an indigenous elder who reads animal behavior and plant health in ways the satellite cannot see. Dismissing either as "not real knowledge" leads to worse outcomes. It's recognizing that the elder's lifelong immersion is a sophisticated cognitive instrument, not a superstition.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 6, 2026

Pluralism

A philosophical stance that argues there is no single, universal "Scientific Method." Instead, it posits that science is a diverse ecosystem of legitimate methods, theories, and practices, all capable of producing valid knowledge about different aspects of complex reality. It challenges rigid demarcation criteria that exclude fields like psychoanalysis or indigenous knowledge systems simply because they don't fit a lab-coat-and-test-tube mold. The core idea is that to understand messy phenomena (like the human mind or ecosystems), we need a toolbox, not just a hammer.

Example: The classic Scientific Pluralism debate asks if psychoanalysis is a science. A rigid "physics-only" view says no—it's not experimentally falsifiable like chemistry. A pluralist says yes—its clinical interpretive methods validly explore subjective human experience, a domain where controlled experiments fail. It's the difference between kicking a therapy couch for not being a particle accelerator and recognizing it as a different, but valid, instrument for a different kind of investigation.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 6, 2026