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What´s the Use of Truth?
Richard Rorty
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Description for What´s the Use of Truth?
Paperback. American pragmatist Rorty and the French analytic philosopher Engel present their radically different perspectives on truth and its correspondence to reality. "What's the Use of Truth?" is a rare opportunity to experience each side of this impassioned debate clearly and concisely. Translator(s): McCuaig, William. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 107 x 174 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94.
What is truth? What value should we see in or attribute to it? The war over the meaning and utility of truth is at the center of contemporary philosophical debate, and its arguments have rocked the foundations of philosophical practice. In this book, the American pragmatist Richard Rorty and the French analytic philosopher Pascal Engel present their radically different perspectives on truth and its correspondence to reality. Rorty doubts that the notion of truth can be of any practical use and points to the preconceptions that lie behind truth in both the intellectual and social spheres. Engel prefers a ... Read more
What is truth? What value should we see in or attribute to it? The war over the meaning and utility of truth is at the center of contemporary philosophical debate, and its arguments have rocked the foundations of philosophical practice. In this book, the American pragmatist Richard Rorty and the French analytic philosopher Pascal Engel present their radically different perspectives on truth and its correspondence to reality. Rorty doubts that the notion of truth can be of any practical use and points to the preconceptions that lie behind truth in both the intellectual and social spheres. Engel prefers a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231140157
SKU
V9780231140157
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About Richard Rorty
Richard Rorty (1931-2007) was professor of comparative literature and philosophy at Stanford University. His Columbia University Press books include An Ethics for Today: Finding Common Ground Between Philosophy and Religion (2010) and The Future of Religion (2005). Pascal Engel is ordinary professor of contemporary philosophy at the University of Geneva and has taught at the Sorbonne. He is the ... Read more
Reviews for What´s the Use of Truth?
Necessary for serious philosophy collections. Booklist Poses and admirably responds to questions which have a direct bearing on my view of existence. The Voice Magazine