Description:
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, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Wittgenstein, Levinas, Arendt, Foucault, Rorty, Davidson, Habermas, Derrida, and many others
Review Quotes: "There are no longer two dialogues - analytic and continental. It is all one now, and more complicated than ever. This collection is an indispensable point of entry to the new conversations." Barry Allen, McMaster University
"It is virtually impossible to imagine a more useful collection of texts on this thorny philosophical topic. There is no pretense that herein lies the truth about truth, but there is the realization of a set of complex issues illuminated from radically diverse, yet often surprisingly overlapping, perspectives." Vincent Colapietro, Pennsylvania State University