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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784099403321

Autore

Misak C. J (Cheryl J.)

Titolo

Truth, politics, morality : pragmatism and deliberation / / Cheryl Misak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-82617-6

0-203-28352-X

0-203-16228-5

1-280-32580-1

1-134-82618-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

121

Soggetti

Truth

Political science - Philosophy

Ethics

Pragmatism

Inquiry (Theory of knowledge)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-179) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The problem of justification; Truth, inquiry, and experience: a pragmatist epistemology; Moral deliberation; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Cheryl Misak argues that truth ought to be reinstated to a central position in moral and political philosophy. She argues that  the correct account of truth is one found in a certain kind of pragmatism: a true belief is one upon which inquiry could not improve, a belief which would not be defeated by experience and argument. This account is not only an improvement on the views of central figures such as Rawls and Habermas, but it can also make sense of the idea that, despite conflict, pluralism, and the expression of difference, our moral and political beliefs aim at truth and can be subject t