Reason, Truth and Self - Paperback / softback

Michael Luntley provides a lively introduction to the debate over postmodernism. Sympathisers of the postmodernist critique of absolute knowledge have jetisoned concepts of reason,t ruth and self; this abandonment has fuelled their opponents' case against postmodernism. This has led them to ignore the very real problems raised by the postmodernists. Luntley offers a clear and careful exposition of how rational debate survives despite the Enlightenment's failingsReason, Truth and Selfcovers many of the key questions of our age * How rational is science * Can we really know the truth about ourselves and the world * What is the nature of the mind * Can we know the difference between right and wrongReason, Truth and Selfis ideal for courses in philosophy and the social sciences.