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Pluralism is the term which it has many difference meaning. Atthe same time, someone can accept and refuse pluralism accordingto that meaning. Secular humanism argues that there is no anAbsolute Truth, because the truth is depend on human. The truth issubjective and relative, so unity just can be built by secularism.Global theology offers a new theology that is global theology tounite the difference religions. Syncretism selected and mixedreligions become a new religion. Perennial Philosophy tries to findmeeting is understood as a framework of interaction in whichgroups show point of religions in the esoteric area. In the socialsciences, pluralism sufficient respect and tolerance of each other,that they fruitfully coexist and interact without conflict or assimilation.Pluralism as theory is a social construction. Indonesian can constructpluralism base on the values of Pancasila that are Goddess,humanity, unity, democracy and justice.

Introduction: the pluralist stance / Stephen H. Kellert, Helen E. Longino, and C. Kenneth Waters -- The many unities of science : politics, semantics, and ontology / Alan W. Richardson -- Perspectival pluralism / Ronald N. Giere -- Plurality and complementarity in quantum dynamics / Michael Dickson -- Pluralism and the foundations of mathematics / Geoffrey Hellman and John L. Bell -- Pluralisms in economics / Esther-Mirjam Sent -- Theoretical pluralism and the scientific study of behavior / Helen E. Longino -- A new/old (pluralist) resolution of the mind-body problem / C. Wade Savage -- Explanations of the evolution of sex : a plurality of local mechanisms / Carla Fehr -- A pluralist interpretation of gene-centered biology / C. Kenneth Waters -- Disciplinary pluralism for science studies / Stephen H. Kellert

This paper introduces and defends an account of model-based science that I dub model pluralism. I argue that despite a growing awareness in the philosophy of science literature of the multiplicity, diversity, and richness of models and modeling practices, more radical conclusions follow from this recognition than have previously been inferred. Going against the tendency within the literature to generalize from single models, I explicate and defend the following two core theses: (i) any successful analysis of models must target sets of models, their multiplicity of functions within science, and their scientific context and history and (ii) for almost any aspect x of phenomenon y, scientists require multiple models to achieve scientific goal z.