{"product_id":"truth-a-guide-paperback","title":"Truth: A Guide - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Blackburn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of the highly popular book \u003cem\u003eThink\u003c\/em\u003e, which \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e magazine hailed as \"the one book every smart person should read to understand, and even enjoy, the key questions of philosophy,\" Simon Blackburn is that \u003cem\u003erara avis\u003c\/em\u003e--an eminent thinker who is able to explain philosophy to the general reader. Now Blackburn offers a tour de force exploration of what he calls \"the most exciting and engaging issue in the whole of philosophy\"--the age-old war over truth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe front lines of this war are well defined. On one side are those who believe in plain, unvarnished facts, rock-solid truths that can be found through reason and objectivity--that science leads to truth, for instance. Their opponents mock this idea. They see the dark forces of language, culture, power, gender, class, ideology and desire--all subverting our perceptions of the world, and clouding our judgement with false notions of absolute truth. Beginning with an early skirmish in the war--when Socrates confronted the sophists in ancient Athens--Blackburn offers a penetrating look at the longstanding battle these two groups have waged, examining the philosophical battles fought by Plato, Protagoras, William James, David Hume, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Richard Rorty, and many others, with a particularly fascinating look at Nietzsche. Among the questions Blackburn considers are: is science mere opinion, can historians understand another historical period, \u003cbr\u003eand indeed can one culture ever truly understand another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlackburn concludes that both sides have merit, and that neither has exclusive ownership of truth. What is important is that, whichever side we embrace, we should know where we stand and what is to be said for our opponents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSimon Blackburn\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He was Edna J. Doury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, and from 1969 to 1990 was a Fellow and Tutor at Pembroke College, Oxford. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e and the best-selling \u003cem\u003eThink\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBeing Good\u003c\/em\u003e, among other books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 08, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753928032544,"sku":"9780195315806","price":16.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c87ce97756506bf98afc964595359014.webp?v=1780029748","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/truth-a-guide-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}