The Nature of Truth, second edition by Michael P. Lynch - ISBN: 9780262542067
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Unraveling truth: Classic and new essays for a post-truth world.

The Nature of Truth, second edition

Classic and Contemporary Perspectives

  • Paperback

    656 pages

  • Release Date

    1 June 2021

Summary

The definitive and essential collection of classic and new essays on analytic theories of truth, revised and updated, with seventeen new chapters.

The question “What is truth?” is so philosophical that it can seem rhetorical. Yet truth matters, especially in a “post-truth” society in which lies are tolerated and facts are ignored. If we want to understand why truth matters, we first need to understand what it is.

The Nature of Truth offers the definitive collection of…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262542067
ISBN-10:0262542064
Author:Michael P. Lynch, Jeremy Wyatt
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:656
Release Date:1 June 2021
Weight:1.08kg
Dimensions:229mm x 178mm
About The Author

Michael P. Lynch

Michael P. Lynch is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, where he directs the Humanities Institute. In 2019 he was awarded the George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language.

Jeremy Wyatt is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Waikato in New Zealand.

Junyeol Kim is Visiting Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Connecticut.

Nathan Kellen is Visiting Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Kansas State University.

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