Truth in Context: An Essay on Pluralism and Objectivity

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Author: Michael P. Lynch

ISBN-10: 026262155X

ISBN-13: 9780262621557

Category: Major Branches of Philosophical Study

Academic debates about pluralism and truth have become increasingly polarized in recent years. One side embraces extreme relativism, deeming any talk of objective truth as philosophically naive. The opposition, frequently arguing that any sort of relativism leads to nihilism, insists on an objective notion of truth according to which there is only one true story of the world. Both sides agree that there is no middle path.\ In Truth in Context, Michael Lynch argues that there is a middle...

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Michael Lynch argues that there is a path where metaphysical pluralism is consistent with a robust realism about truth.

PrefaceIntroduction11The Faces of Pluralism92Understanding Conceptual Schemes313Extending Our Worldview554The Nature of Existence775The Currents of Truth1016The True and the Real141Notes159References169Index177