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Stangroom, J: Why Truth Matters

By Ophelia Benson

Stangroom, J: Why Truth Matters

By Ophelia Benson

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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 entertaining look at how and why modern thought and culture lost sight of the importance of truth. It is also an eloquent and inspiring argument for restoring truth to its rightful place. Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Stangroom, editors of the successful ButterfliesandWheels.Com website - itself established to 'fight fashionable nonsense' - identify and debunk such nonsense, and the spurious claims made for it, in all its forms. Their account ranges over religious fundamentalism, Holocaust denial, the challenges of postmodernism and deconstruction, the wilful misinterpretation of evolutionary biology, identity politics and wishful thinking. Why Truth Matters is both a rallying cry for the Enlightenment vision and an essential read for anyone who has ever been bored, frustrated, bewildered or plain enraged by the worst excesses of the fashionable intelligentsia.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
216
Release Date:
2007-06-07
Publication Date:
2007-06-07
Publisher:
Continuum
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0826495281
ISBN13:
9780826495280
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
240 g
Height:
130 cm
Width:
195 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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