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Benson, Ophelia.

Why truth matters / Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Stangroom. - London ; New York : Continuum, c2006. - 202 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The antinomies of truth -- Truth, doubt and the philosophers -- The truth radicals -- The social construction of truth -- Politics, ideology and evolutionary biology -- Wishful thinking and epistemological confusion -- Institutions, academe and truth -- Why truth matters.

ISBN: 0826476082 9780826476081

LCCN: 2005051783

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA592755 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013326513 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Truth.

LC Class. No.: BD171 / .B44 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 121