Partial Truths and Our Common Future: A Perspectival Theory of Truth and Value

Donald A. Crosby

Published by SUNY Press 2018

Partial Truths and Our Common Future

A Perspectival Theory of Truth and Value

Donald A. Crosby

In the series SUNY series in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781438471358

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About this book

Argues that a pluralistic understanding of truth can foster productive conversations about common concerns involving religion, science, ethics, politics, economics, and ecology without falling into relativism.

Author / Editor information

Donald A. Crosby is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colorado State University and the author of many books, including More Than Discourse: Symbolic Expressions of Naturalistic Faith; Nature as Sacred Ground: A Metaphysics for Religious Naturalism; and The Extraordinary in the Ordinary: Seven Types of Everyday Miracle, all published by SUNY Press.

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"This is a transdisciplinary philosophical work that moves with grace across traditions, time periods, and thinkers. It is a master class in the existential and public relevance of philosophy and a rare example of a book that is both timely and timeless." — Michael S. Hogue, author of The Promise of Religious Naturalism

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Language: English
Publisher: SUNY Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 212
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- Other: Total Illustrations: 0
Keywords: Philosophy : American Philosophy; Philosophy : Philosophy; Philosophy : Ethics; Philosophy : Epistemology; Politics and Law : Political Philosophy

eBook

Published: August 20, 2018
ISBN: 9781438471358