Description
| Product ID: | 9780141014258 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed |
| Authors: | Author: Simon Blackburn |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Popular philosophy, Popular philosophy |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Tells about truth, and the enemies of truth, and the wars that are fought between them. This guide looks at relativism and absolutism, toleration and belief, objectivity and knowledge, science and pseudo-science, and the moral and political implications, as well as the nuances, of all these. This important book is about truth, and the enemies of truth, and the wars that are fought between them. As Simon Blackburn says in his introduction, "the ground is complicated, strewn with abandoned fortresses and trenches, fought over by shifting alliances". Truth is an essential sure-footed guide through the territory, from classical to modern times. It looks at relativism and absolutism, toleration and belief, objectivity and knowledge, science and pseudo-science, and the moral and political implications, as well as the nuances, of all these. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2006-05-25 |
