Choosing Truth : What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Discover It.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douglas, Neil.

Contributor:

Wykowski, Terry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truth.

Critical thinking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford : Ethics International Press Limited, 2025.

Summary:

Truth is deeply consequential; truth is the fundamental requirement for justice - in a court of law, for addressing threats to democracy and good governance, climate change, inequality, racism, poverty, gun violence, conflict among nations, and weapons of mass destruction. Commitment to truth underpins any effort to overcome ignorance, obfuscation, propaganda, fallacy and a culture burdened with disinformation. But while we are influenced by claims of truth, we don't always know what truth is, and how much it matters. While sustaining a standard of truth has always been difficult, a perfect storm of declining commitment to fact-based media practices and patterns of "normalized" dishonesty seems to have emerged. It has been said that "truth is not dying, it's being killed". Given that we are constrained in our ability to act in defense of what we don't understand, the authors aim to set out a coherent and comprehensive account of the meaning and implications of truth in the range of contexts that are meaningful for us as individuals, as civilized societies, and as a species. Choosing Truth explores truth in its multiple dimensions and manifestations and presents novel and pragmatic concepts that integrate the content and application of truth-seeking approaches. This important and timely new book can act as a text or supplemental reading in practical philosophy, but also in an array of disciplines where truth is deeply meaningful, such as education, political science/public policy, management, journalism, and environmental science. Choosing Truth can also be used by organizational change agents seeking to foster learning and adaptation in organizations.

Contents:

List of Figures and Tables

Figure 5.1 Characterization of Theories of Knowledge or Justification

Foreword

Chapter 1 Introduction

References

Chapter 2 Reality

Anticipatory Summary

Reality

2.1 Layers of Reality

2.1.1 The world of the very small

Quantum reality

Meaning and implications

2.1.2 The world of human-scale reality

Objective (external reality)

Subjective (internal reality)

2.1.3 The world of the very large

The world of the (near) very large

The world of the (far) very large

2.1.4 Human experience

2.2 Domains of Reality

2.2.1 Domains in relation to layers of reality

Natural/Physical

Mathematical

Constructed

2.2.2 Domains in relation to human scale reality

Natural/physical

Constructed - Material

Constructed – Nonmaterial

Constructed – Normative Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

1-83711-299-1

OCLC:

1535981798