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Author Dally, Farah, author

Title The magic of truth : a reality to remember / Farah Dally
Published Lanham, Maryland : Hamilton Books, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (161 pages)
Contents Introduction; 1 The Reality of Truth and the Truth of Reality; Truth and Relativity; Truth, Perception, and Illusion; Truth and Reality; The Search for Truth and Truth's Problem; Notes; 2 Truth and Human Life; The Different Faces of Human Truth; Truth and Rationality; Truth and Societal Life; Truth and Ethical Values; Truth and Happiness; The Openness of Truth to Peace and Modesty; Truth and Lie; Notes; 3 Truth in the World of Science; Truth and Relativity in Science; Intuition and Science; Science and Confused Ideas; Science and Prediction; The Logic of Truth in Science
Truth's Relation with Cause and EffectHuman Evolution and Science; Notes; 4 Truth in the World of Art; The Origination of Truth in Art: Dadaism and Surrealism; Artistic Truth between Aesthetic and Unaesthetic; Truth and Music; Truth, Painting, and Photography; Truth and the Shakespearean Plays; Truth in Documentary Films; Truth and Cinema; Notes; 5 Truth in the World of Literature; Truth in Traditional and Modern Novels; Truth and Fictional Stories; Truth and Love Stories; Truth and Poetry; Notes; Conclusion; Selected Bibliography
Summary <Span style=""font-style:italic;"">The Magic of Truth defends truth's relativity by examining its role in the arts and sciences, as well as in our own lives and traditions. This book argues that no field of study can progress without calling into question the traditional view of truth as a clear, objective image
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Truth.
Certainty.
Knowledge, Theory of.
truth.
epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology.
Certainty
Knowledge, Theory of
Truth
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780761864479
0761864474
1322328463
9781322328461