| Description |
xi, 328 pages ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. The problem 1. Truthfulness and truth -- 2. Authority -- 3. Nietzsche -- 2. Genealogy 1. Real and fictional -- 2. Naturalism -- 3. The state of nature is no the Pleistocene -- 4. How can fictions help? -- 5. Shameful origins -- 6. The genealogy of truthfulness -- 3. The state of nature : a rough guide 1. The division of labour -- 2. Plain truths -- 3. Space, time, and indeterminacy -- 4. Value : the story so far -- 4. Truth, assertion, and belief 1. Truth itself -- 2. Assertions and truth -- 3. Assertions and knowledge -- 4. Beliefs and truth -- 5. Sincerity : lying and other styles of deceit 1. Value : an internal connection? -- 2. Trust -- 3. Trustworthiness in speech -- 4. Dispositions of sincerity -- 5. Fetishizing assertion -- 6. Deserving the truth -- 6. Accuracy : a sense of reality 1. The elaboration of accuracy -- 2. Methods and obstacles -- 3. Realism and fantasy -- 4. Truthfulness and freedom -- 7. What was wrong with Minos? 1. Introduction -- 2. Thucydides -- 3. Legendary times -- 4. The past and the truth -- 8. From sincerity to authenticity 1. An ambiguous invention -- 2. Rousseau -- 3. Diderot and Rameau's nephew -- 4. Steadying the mind -- 5. Authenticity and other people -- 9. Truthfulness, liberalism, and critique 1. Truth and politics -- 2. Democracy and liberty -- 3. The marketplace of ideas -- 4. Critique -- 5. The critical theory test -- 10. Making sense 1. Narratives -- 2. Structures and explanations -- 3. Audiences -- 4. Needs |
| Notes |
Cover and spine title: Truth and truthfulness |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-320) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Philosophy.
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Political science.
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Truth.
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Truthfulness and falsehood.
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| LC no. |
2002023663 |
| ISBN |
0691102767 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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