Practical Truth - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

The sixteen essays in this collection concern the origin of practical truth in Aristotle's ethics, the history of practical truth throughout the intervening centuries, and the role it currently plays in contemporary ethics and action theory. While there is no consensus in this volume about how we should understand the details of practical truth, there is a strong consensus that this concept will be valuable to those who are sympathetic to the idea that living well for a human being necessarily involves a specifically practical form of knowledge and wisdom.

About the author

Christopher Frey is E. B. McFarlin Chair in Philosophy at The University of Tulsa. He works primarily on the history of ancient Greek philosophy with an emphasis on Aristotle's natural philosophy and metaphysics. In addition, he also works on the philosophy of perception and mind, metaphysics, and the philosophy of action.

Jennifer A. Frey is the inaugural Dean of the Honors College at the University of Tulsa and Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religion. Her academic research is primarily on topics in moral psychology and virtue.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Frey, Christopher (E. B. Mcfarlin Chair in Philoso Frey, Jennifer A. (Edited by) Frey
• Assisted by: Christopher Frey (Editor), Jennifer A Frey (Editor), Jennifer A. Frey (Editor), Frey Christopher (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.10.2025
• EAN: 9780197634394
• ISBN: 978-0-19-763439-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy