Sami Pihlstrom (University of Helsinki)

Pragmatist Truth in the Post-Truth Age

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Produktbeschreibung

Philosophical pragmatists are sometimes blamed for providing the theoretical basis for the worrying trend towards 'post-truth' thinking. In this book, Sami Pihlstrà m develops a pragmatist account of truth and truth-seeking based on the ideas of William James which gives space for a sincere search for truth.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9781009048347
• ISBN-10: 1009048341
• Artikelnr.: 70244456

Autorenporträt

Sami Pihlström is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Helsinki. He is the author of Pragmatic Realism, Religious Truth, and Antitheodicy (2020) and Why Solipsism Matters (2020).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. James's children? The pragmatist conception of truth and the slippery slope to 'Post-Truth'
2. Religious truth and pluralism from a pragmatist point of view
3. Around or through Kant? Kantian transcendental pessimism and Jamesian empirical meliorism
4. The will to believe and holistic pragmatism
5. How is normativity possible? A holistic-pragmatist perspective
6. Pragmatic agnosticism - meaning, truth, and suffering
Conclusion. Pragmatic transcendental humanism
References
Index.