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Truth Matters : Knowledge, Politics, Ethics, Religion by EBOUND Canada;Carr, Allyson;Klaassen, Matthew;Shuker, Ronnie;Zuidervaart, Lambert is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Annotation Why should we seek and tell the truth? Does anyone know what truth is? Many are skeptical about the relevance of truth. Truth Matters endeavours to show why truth is important in a world where the very idea of truth is contested. Putting philosophers in conversation with educators, literary scholars, physicists, political theorists, and theologians, Truth Matters ranges across both analytic and continental philosophy and draws on the ideas of thinkers such as Aquinas, Balthasar, Brandom, Davidson, Dooyeweerd, Gadamer, Habermas, Kierkegaard, Plantinga, Ricoeur, and Wolterstorff. Some essays attempt to provide a systematic account of truth, while others wrestle with the question of how truth is told and what it means to live truthfully. Contributors address debates between realists and anti-realists, explore issues surrounding relativism and constructivism in education and the social sciences, examine the politics of truth telling and the ethics of authenticity, and consider various religious perspectives on truth. Most scholars agree that truth is propositional, being expressed in statements that are subject to proof or disproof. This book goes a step farther: yes, propos

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Author

EBOUND Canada;Carr, Allyson;Klaassen, Matthew;Shuker, Ronnie;Zuidervaart, Lambert

Publisher

McGill-Queen's University Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780773589971

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Education