True to Life Why Truth Matters

Name: True to Life Why Truth Matters
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ISBN: 9780262622011

ISBN-10: 0262622017

ISBN-13: 9780262622011

Edition: 2005

Authors: Michael P. Lynch

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Why does truth matter, when politicians so easily sidestep it and intellectuals scorn it as irrelevant? Why be concerned over an abstract idea like truth when something that isn't true -- for example, a report of Iraq's attempting to buy materials for nuclear weapons -- gets the desired result -- the invasion of Iraq? In this engaging and spirited book, Michael Lynch argues that truth does matter, in both our personal and political lives. Lynch explains that the growing cynicism over truth stems in large part from our confusion over what truth is. "We need to think our way past our confusion and shed our cynicism about the value of truth," he writes. "Otherwise, we will be unable to act…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/5/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.02" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Gina Neff is Associate Professor of Communication and Sociology at the University of Washington and the School of Public Policy at Central European University. She is the coeditor of the book Surviving the New Economy.Michael P. Lynch is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut and the author of Truth in Context: An Essay on Pluralism and Objectivity and True to Life: Why Truth Matters, both published by the MIT Press.



Preface


Introduction



Cynical Myths



Truisms about Truth



Is the Truth Unattainable?



Is Truth Relative?



The Truth Hurts



False Theories



Truth as a Means to an End



Truth and the Scientific Image



Truth as Fiction



Why Truth Matters



Truth and Happiness



Sweet Lies



Truth and Liberal Democracy


Epilogue


Notes


Index