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Truth : how the many sides to every story shape our reality / Hector Macdonald.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Macdonald, Hector, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Truth.
- Critical thinking.
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Psychology.
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Communication.
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving.
- Local Subjects:
- Psychology.
- Critical thinking.
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Communication.
- Truth.
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving.
- Physical Description:
- 346 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First United States edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
- Summary:
- Explores the complexity of truth and the ways that people take advantage of this complexity to use and abuse neutral truths to suit their own agendas in politics, business, the media, and everyday life.
- Contents:
- Introduction: When truths collide
- Part one: Partial truths
- Complexity
- History
- Context
- Numbers
- Story
- Part two: Subjective truths
- Morality
- Desirability
- Financial value
- Part three: Artificial truths
- Definitions
- Social constructs
- Names
- Part four: Unknown truths
- Predictions
- Beliefs
- Epilogue: Final truths
- Appendix 1: Misleading truths checklist
- Appendix 2: Fact-checking organizations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-332) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780316510820
- 0316510823
- OCLC:
- 1024317596
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