True to Life: Why Truth Matters
Why Truth Matters
$70.86
- Paperback
204 pages
- Release Date
5 August 2005
Summary
Why does truth matter, when politicians so easily sidestep it and intellectuals scorn it as irrelevant? Why be concerned over an abstract idea like truth when something that isn‘t true;for example, a report of Iraq’s attempting to buy materials for nuclear weapons;gets the desired result;the invasion of Iraq? In this engaging and spirited book, Michael Lynch argues that truth does matter, in both our personal and political lives. Lynch explains that the growing cynicism over truth stems in la…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262622011 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262622017 |
| Author: | Michael P. Lynch |
| Publisher: | MIT Press (MA) |
| Imprint: | Bradford Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 204 |
| Release Date: | 5 August 2005 |
| Weight: | 304g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 155mm x 221mm |
| Series: | Bradford Books (Hardcover) |
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Critics Review
– William P. Alston, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Syracuse University
True to Life…asserts some simple truths about truth; for example, that it’s good, [and] that it’s worthy of pursuit…
-Richard Halicks, Atlanta Journal-Constitution True to Life is a bracing antidote to the disease of postmodern cynicism that renders truth impossible and leaves us with nothing but wind-blown opinion.
-Douglas Groothuis, The Denver Post This is an important and timely volume, and philosophy owes Lynch a considerable debt.
-Duncan Pritchard, The Philosophers’ Magazine True to Life is a passionate demonstration that truth matters; it is strikingly clear and painstakingly reasoned, and ranges from technical work in the philosophy of logic to a discussion of the role of truth-telling in government.
-Anthony Gottlieb, The New York Times Book Review An engagingly written, carefully reasoned defence of ‘objective truth’ as a respectable, even desirable goal and standard.
-Barry Allen, The Globe and Mail
About The Author
Michael P. Lynch
Michael P. Lynch is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut and the author of Truth in Context: An Essay on Pluralismand Objectivity and True to Life: Why Truth Matters, both published by the MIT Press.
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