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.

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Truth.

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