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Reason, Truth and the Self : Getting to Know The Truth About Postmodernism

By Michael Luntley

Book information

Year
1995
ISBN
0415118530, 0415118522, 9780415118538, 9780203048177
LCC
B831.2 .L86 1995
Open Library ID
OL7483275M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
833 kB (852521 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
272\263
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Michael Luntley provides a lively introduction to the debate over postmodernism. Sympathisers of the postmodernist critique of absolute knowledge have jetisoned concepts of reason,t ruth and self; this abandonment has fuelled their opponents' case against postmodernism. This has led them to ignore the very real problems raised by the postmodernists. Luntley offers a clear and careful exposition of how rational debate survives despite the Enlightenment's failings. Reason, Truth and Self covers many of the key questions of our age: * How rational is science? * Can we really know the truth about ourselves and the world? * What is the nature of the mind? * Can we know the difference between right and wrong? Reason, Truth and Self is ideal for courses in philosophy and the social sciences.

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