Shows tagged with : Truth

  • April 07 : Reading, Narrative, and the Self
    Reading is a lot of fun, especially narrative fiction – everyone loves a good story. But maybe there's more to it than that. Maybe everyone is, or at...
  • March 31 : Truth and Other Fictions
    Most of us think we know the truth when we see it. But what exactly is truth, anyway? Philosophers have offered a blizzard of different answers,...
  • January 06 : The Examined Year - 2012
    A new year offers an opportunity to reflect on the significant events of the previous year.  But what ideas and events took shape over the past...
  • August 05 : Self-Deception
    Self-deception sounds like a contradiction: intentionally convincing yourself of something you know to be untrue. But it is a pervasive aspect...
  • June 17 : Faces, Feelings, and Lies
    According to Proverbs, lying lips are an abomination to the Lord. But lies on human lips are as common as fleas on a dog. What is a lie? Are all...
  • November 28 : Reading, Narrative, and the Self
    Reading is a lot of fun, especially narrative fiction – everyone loves a good story. But maybe there's more to it than that. Maybe everyone is, or at...
  • September 26 : Gandhi
    Gandhi is famous as the leader of the movement for Indian independence, which he based on his philosophy of non-violence, an important influence on...
  • August 29 : Self-Deception
    Self-deception sounds like a contradiction: intentionally convincing yourself of something you know to be untrue.  But it is a pervasive aspect...
  • August 08 : William James
    William James is a great figure, historically important as a philosopher (pragmatism and radical empiricism), a student of religion (author of the...
  • November 15 : 200 and Counting
    The program that questions everything – except your intelligence – started off questioning the conventional wisdom that there would be no audience...

Blog posts tagged with : Truth

  • December 15, 2012 : Has Science Replaced Philosophy?
    Posted by LM As someone who makes her living as a philosopher, it’s probably already obvious that I...

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