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Does Truth Matter? - Get a free ebook too!

Posted by reasonablerobinson • 11/14/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: philosophy, social research, truth

Does Truth matter?

As social animals we are constantly interested in the truth of the matter. Our assumptions about truth influence our ideas about the world and how it works.

Deeper understanding of this fundamental social concept is often left to specialised academic courses that are off putting to the layman. Is That The Truth? takes a look at some of the key ideas that are often the cause of everyday misunderstandings or the taken for granted basis of policies and actions.

Where you stand on truth can affect your approach to everything you do, from parenting to education, from management to managing, from research to journalism.

Is That The Truth? www.lulu.com/content/4896992 free ebook.

A tour of social research and philosophies of truth.

User Comments

12/03/08

reasonablerobinson

I guess not

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12/03/08

IbneAdam

Thanks for sharing the book. I have downloded it and 'll read it soon, as the topic interests me.

To me, Truth DOES matter. More than anything else.

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12/17/08

veryheaven

thank you very much for sharing this ebook - topic is hot !
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may you allow me to offer it to my readers too?

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1. 12/17/08
  
  reasonablerobinson
  
  Please do! the more the merrier
12/17/08

osquid

The truth is past important, it's vital to life itself. So much goes wrong from lies spread than truths told.

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1. 12/17/08
  
  reasonablerobinson
  
  Absolutely !
12/17/08

WalkinGardner

I do agree with IbneAdam, veryheaven and osquid. Thruth must be somewhere between the pages of Borges' Book Library.

Would you allow me to translate your question in French ?

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1. 12/19/08
  
  reasonablerobinson
  
  naturellement
2. 12/19/08
  
  WalkinGardner
  
  Thank you !