Why Truth Matters

by Jeremy Stangroom and Ophelia Benson

Book Overview

Truth has always been a central preoccupation of philosophy in allits forms and traditions. Yet in the late twentieth century truth became suddenly rather unfashionable. The precedence given to assortedpolitical 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 thatbegan with the Enlightenment.

Why Truth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826476082
• ISBN13: 9780826476081
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.1"