Truth Engagements Across Philosophical Traditions

Name: Truth Engagements Across Philosophical Traditions
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ISBN: 9781405115506

ISBN-10: 1405115505

ISBN-13: 9781405115506

Edition: 2005

Authors: David Wood, Josï¿½ Medina, Josï¿½ Medina

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Setting the stage with a selection of readings from important nineteenth century philosophers, this reader on truth puts in conversation some of the main philosophical figures from the twentieth century in the analytic, continental, and pragmatist traditions. Focuses on the value or normativity of truth through exposing the dialogues between different schools of thought Features philosophical figures from the twentieth century in the analytic, continental, and pragmatist traditions Topics addressed include the normative relation between truth and subjectivity, consensus, art, testimony, power, and critique Includes essays by Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, James,…

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List price: $66.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/11/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 390
Size: 6.82" wide x 9.70" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.716
Language: English

David Wood teaches applied linguistics at Carleton University, Canada, where his research interests lie in formulaic language, acquisition of L2 spoken language and academic discourse, and language teacher education. He has taught English language and applied linguistics in Canada, Greece, and Japan.



Preface


Acknowledgments


General Introduction



The Value of Truth: ï¿½Revaluing our highest valuesï¿½


Introduction



Friedrich Nietzsche On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense



William James Pragmatismï¿½s Conception of Truth


Suggested Reading



Representation, Subjectivity, and Intersubjectivity


Introduction



Soren Kierkegaard Truth, Subjectivity and Communication



Ludwig Wittgenstein Remarks on Truth



Donald Davidson Truth and Meaning



Hilary Putnam The Face of Cognition


Suggested Reading



Truth, Consensus, and Transcendence


Introduction



Richard Rorty Representation, Social Practice, and Truth



Jurgen Habermas Richard Rortyï¿½s Pragmatic Turn



John McDowell Towards Rehabilitating Objectivity



Paul Feyerabend Notes on Relativism


Suggested Reading



Non-Propositional Truth: Language, Art and World


Introduction



Gianni Vattimo The Truth of Hermeneutics (with additional remarks)



Joseph Margolis Relativism and Cultural Relativity



Maurice Merleau-Ponty Perception and Truth (with additional remarks)



Jacques Derrida The End of the Book and the Beginning of Writing


Suggested Reading



Disclosure and Testimony


Introduction



Edmund Husserl Self-Evidence and Truth (with additional remarks)



Martin Heidegger On the Essence of Truth (with additional remarks)



Emmanuel Levinas Truth of Disclosure and Truth of Testimony



Catherine Z. Elgin Word Giving, Word Taking


Suggested Reading



Truth and Power


Introduction



Hannah Arendt Truth in Politics



Michel Foucault The Discourse on Language (with additional remarks)



Linda Alcoff Reclaiming Truth


Suggested Reading



A Supplement: Radicalizations of Truth



An essay perforated with short excerpts from ï¿½iï¿½ek, Butler, Irigaray, Baudrillard and Deleuze


Suggested Reading


Primary Sources


Index