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Why truth matters / Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Stangroom

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: 202 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0826476082
  • 9780826476081
  • 9780826495280
  • 0826495281
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Why truth matters.; Online version:: Why truth matters.DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 121 B474W  22
LOC classification:
  • BD171 .B44 2006
Contents:
The antinomies of truth -- Truth, doubt and the philosophers -- The truth radicals -- The social construction of truth -- Politics, ideology and evolutionary biology -- Wishful thinking and epistemological confusion -- Institutions, academe and truth -- Why truth matters
Summary: The authors present a philosophical case for the importance of truth that draws on writings by philosophers, anthropologists, poets, and scientists
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 121 B474W (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 062377

Includes index

Includes bibliographical references and index

The antinomies of truth -- Truth, doubt and the philosophers -- The truth radicals -- The social construction of truth -- Politics, ideology and evolutionary biology -- Wishful thinking and epistemological confusion -- Institutions, academe and truth -- Why truth matters

The authors present a philosophical case for the importance of truth that draws on writings by philosophers, anthropologists, poets, and scientists

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