True to Life: Why Truth Matters - Couverture rigide

Lynch, Michael P.

 
9780262122672: True to Life: Why Truth Matters
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ISBN 10 : 0262122677 ISBN 13 : 9780262122672
Editeur : Bradford Books, 2004

Synopsis

Why truth is important in our everyday lives.

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 large part from our confusion over what truth is. "We need to think our way past our confusion and shed our cynicism about the value of truth," he writes. "Otherwise, we will be unable to act with integrity, to live authentically, and to speak truth to power."

True to Life defends four simple claims: that truth is objective; that it is good to believe what is true; that truth is a goal worthy of inquiry; and that truth can be worth caring about for its own sake, not just because it gets us other things we want. In defense of these "truisms about truth", Lynch diagnoses the sources of our cynicism and argues that many contemporary theories of truth cannot adequately account for its value. He explains why we should care about truth, arguing that truth and its pursuit are part of living a happy life, important in our personal relationships and for our political values.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michael P. Lynch is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut and the author of Truth in Context: An Essay on Pluralism and Objectivity and True to Life: Why Truth Matters, both published by the MIT Press.

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Éditeur
Bradford Books
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0262122677
ISBN 13 
9780262122672
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0262622017 ISBN 13 :  9780262622011
Editeur : MIT Press, 2005
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