Truth and Falsehood in Science and the Arts / Barbara Bokus, Ewa Kosowska, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bokus, Barbara, editor.

Kosowska, Ewa, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Subjectivity.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Self (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Warszawa : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2020.

Summary:

The authors discuss truth and falsehood in science and the arts. They view truth as an irreducible point of reference, both in striving for elementary knowledge about the world and in seeking methods and artistic means of achieving this goal.The multilevel and multiple-aspect research presented here, conducted on material from different periods and different cultures, shows very clearly that truth and falsehood lie at the foundation of all human motivation, choices, decisions, and behaviors. At the same time, however, it reveals that every bid to extrapolate the results of detailed studies into generalizations aimed at universalization - by the very fact of their discursivation - either subjects the discussion to the rules of formal logic or situates it outside the realm of truth and falsehood.

Notes:

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ISBN:

83-235-4220-1

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323542209 DOI