Why Truth Matters
Truth has always been a central preoccupation of philosophy in all its forms and traditions. However, in the late twentieth century truth became suddenly rather unfashionable. The precedence given to assorted political and ideological agendas, along with the rise of relativism, postmodernism and pseudoscience in academia, led to a decline both of truth as a serious subject, and an intellectual tradition that began with the Enlightenment.\ Why Truth Matters is a timely, incisive and...
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1. The Antinomies of Truth\ 2. Truth, Doubt and the Philosophers\ 3. The Truth Radicals\ 4. The Social Construction of Truth\ 5. Politics, Ideology and Evolutionary Biology\ 6. Wishful Thinking and Epistemological Confusion\ 7. Institutions, Academe and Truth\ 8. Why Truth Matters
