Truth and Truthfulness : an Essay in Genealogy.

What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic combination of passion and elegant simplicity, he explores the value o...

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Main Author: Williams, Bernard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2004.
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Summary:What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic combination of passion and elegant simplicity, he explores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more than we might imagine. Modern culture exhibits two attitudes toward truth: suspicion of being deceived (no one wants to be fooled) and skepticism that objective truth exists at all (no one wants to be naive). This tension between a demand for truthfulness.
Physical Description:1 online resource (343 pages)
ISBN:9781400825141
1400825148
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.