Pragmatist Truth in the Post-Truth Age - Sincerity, Normativity, and Humanism

Engages in a self-critical examination of the pragmatist conception of truth integrating ethics, epistemology, and philosophy of religion.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. James's children? The pragmatist conception of truth and the slippery slope to 'Post-Truth'; 2. Religious truth and pluralism from a pragmatist point of view; 3. Around or through Kant? Kantian transcendental pessimism and Jamesian empirical meliorism; 4. The will to believe and holistic pragmatism; 5. How is normativity possible? A holistic-pragmatist perspective; 6. Pragmatic agnosticism - meaning, truth, and suffering; Conclusion. Pragmatic transcendental humanism; References; Index.

About the author

Sami Pihlström is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Helsinki. He is the author of Pragmatic Realism, Religious Truth, and Antitheodicy (2020) and Why Solipsism Matters (2020).

Summary

Philosophical pragmatists are sometimes blamed for providing the theoretical basis for the worrying trend towards 'post-truth' thinking. In this book, Sami Pihlström develops a pragmatist account of truth and truth-seeking based on the ideas of William James which gives space for a sincere search for truth.

Product details

• Authors: Sami Pihlstrom, Sami (University of Helsinki) Pihlstrom, Sami Pihlström
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2024
• EAN: 9781009048347
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0904834-7
• No. of pages: 255
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge