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Blackburn, Simon
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Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed e-bog
90,41 DKK
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, "e;the ground is complicated, strewn with abandoned fortresses and trenches, fought over by shifting alliances"e;. Truth is an essential sure-footed guide through the territory, from classical to modern times. It looks at relativism and abs…
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, "e;the ground is complicated, strewn with abandoned fortresses and trenches, fought over by shifting alliances"e;. 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.
E-bog
90,41 DKK
Forlag
Penguin
Udgivet
25.05.2006
Længde
272 sider
Genrer
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780141910215
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, "e;the ground is complicated, strewn with abandoned fortresses and trenches, fought over by shifting alliances"e;. 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.