Truth is in trouble. In response, this book presents a new conception of truth. It recognizes that prominent philosophers have questioned whether the idea of truth is important. Some have asked why we even need it. Their questions reinforce broader trends in Western society, where many wonder whether or why we should pursue truth. Indeed, some pundits say we have become a ""post-truth"" society. Yet there are good reasons not to embrace the cultural Zeitgeist or go with the philosophical flow, reasons to regard truth as a substantive and socially significant idea.
This book explains why. First it argues that propositional truth is only one kind of truth—an important kind, but not all important. Then it shows how propositional truth belongs to the more comprehensive process of truth as a whole. This process is a dynamic correlation between human fidelity to societal principles and a life-giving disclosure of society. The correlation comes to expression in distinct social domains of truth, where either propositional or nonpropositional truth is primary. The final chapters lay out five such domains: science, politics, art, religion, and philosophy. Anyone who cares about the future of truth in society will want to read this pathbreaking book.
By:
Lambert Zuidervaart
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 553g
ISBN: 9781032378039
ISBN 10: 1032378034
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 10 March 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Introduction: Truth Is Not a Minted Coin 2. Propositional Truth: Facts and Propositions 3. Accurate Insight and Inferential Validity 4. Alethic Pluralism 5. Propositional Truth and Discursive Justification 6. Truth as a Whole and Authentication 7. Truth and Science 8. Truth and Politics 9. Truth in Art and Religion 10. Philosophy, Truth, and Wisdom
Lambert Zuidervaart is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the Institute for Christian Studies and at the University of Toronto. He is the author of eleven books, including Truth in Husserl, Heidegger, and the Frankfurt School (MIT Press, 2017), Art in Public: Politics, Economics, and a Democratic Culture (Cambridge UP, 2011), and Social Philosophy after Adorno (Cambridge UP, 2007). He has contributed to The Routledge Handbook of the Frankfurt School (2018), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2015), and journals like the European Journal of Philosophy, Telos, and Philosophy and Social Criticism.
