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Indlæser... Truth: Philosophy in Transit (udgave 2014)af John D Caputo (Forfatter)
Work InformationTruth: Philosophy in Transit af John D. Caputo
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Every time you set off on a journey, you're creating a crisis in truth. In today's freewheeling, pluralistic, moving world, where we can travel anywhere and get information at any time, there are no certainties. Without fixed ideas, can we still love the truth? In Truth, the first in a new series of easily digestible, commute-length books of original thought, internationally renowned philosopher John D. Caputo explores different notions of truth, and how we can define it today. Is truth, as for St Augustine, the same as God? Does it lie in the Reason of Descartes and Kant? Is it Derrida's idea of an event, still being made? Or, according to postmodern prophet Nietzsche, a mere ensemble of fictions and metaphors? Here Caputo posits his own surprising theory of a new Enlightenment, one that draws on the ancient ideals of truth and wisdom, but embraces our on-the-go, postmodern age. No library descriptions found. |
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In general, I fear reading philosophical texts, because most authors believe it is essential, they kill the reader with boredom. John Caputo avoids this approach, and I thank him for it.
The introduction is brilliant, in particular, the way he uses the words 'sedentary' and 'pedestrian'. From there, he moved to a discussion of truth, as the ancients perceived it, as well as religious texts.
Then, he explored some "Enlightenment" philosophers, some "Modern" philosophers" as well as "post-modern" ones.
There is no absolute truth. We know this. In Vedic/Hindu philosophy, we have the Goddess Maya who casts a veil over us. In the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar", Jesus asked Pilate - "what is truth? is truth a changing law? what is truth? is mine the same as yours?"
It's possible to skip the entire book and just focus on those lines in the opera. However, then you'd miss a super romp through the 'history of truth'.
Keep one thing in mind: he has explored only Western philosophers.
In other parts of the world, we used to have a more nuanced view of concepts like 'truth'. Not anymore, sadly. (