| Searle and Foucault on Truth Contributor(s): Prado, C. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521855233 ISBN-13: 9780521855235 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: This book compares John Searle and Michel Foucault's radically opposed views on truth. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology |
| Dewey: 121.092 |
| LCCN: 2005006332 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 9.3" (0.80 lbs) 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The analytic impression of Michel Foucault is of a radical relativist whose views on truth entail linguistic idealism. C.G. Prado's book lays this misperception to rest, showing analytic philosophers that Foucault's ideas about truth are defensible and merit serious attention, while also demonstrating to Continental philosophers that Searle's ideas about truth can not be ignored. Prado rebuts the analytic impression of Michel Foucault as a radical relativist whose views on truth entail denial of the objective world, and demonstrates that Foucault is not only a realist, but also much closer than many imagine to John Searle and Donald Davidson, both model analytic thinkers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Prado, C. G.: - C. G. Prado is Professor Emeritus in the Philosophy Department at Queen's University, Ontario. A recipient of grants and fellowships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Canada Council, and Queen's University, he is the author and editor of many articles and books, including A House Divided: Comparing Analytic and Continental Philosophers and Illusions of Faith: A Critique of Noncredal Religions. |