Searle and Foucault on truth / C.G. Prado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prado, C. G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Searle, John R.

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.

Foucault, Michel.

Truth.

Physical Description:

ix, 184 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

The analytic impression of Michel Foucault is of a radical relativist whose views on truth entail linguistic idealism. C.G. Prado's book lays this misperception to rest, showing analytic philosophers that Foucault's ideas about truth are defensible and merit serious attention, while also demonstrating to Continental philosophers that Searle's ideas about truth can not be ignored. Prado rebuts the analytic impression of Michel Foucault as a radical relativist whose views on truth entail denial of the objective world, and demonstrates that Foucault is not only a realist, but also much closer than many imagine to John Searle and Donald Davidson, both model analytic thinkers.

Contents:

Polar opposites

Searle

Foucault

Truth, reality, and confirmation

Truth and realism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index.

ISBN:

0521855233

0521671337

OCLC:

58526335