Michael P.Lynch - True to life why truth matters

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1、TRUETOLIFEWHYTRUTHMATTERSMICHAELP.LYNCHTruetoLifeTruetoLifeWhyTruthMattersMichaelP.LynchABradfordBookTheMITPressCambridge,MassachusettsLondon,England©2004MassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformbyanyelec-tronicormechanicalmeans(includ

2、ingphotocopying,recording,orinformationstor-ageandretrieval)withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.ThisbookwassetinStoneandStoneSansbyGraphicComposition,Inc.PrintedandboundintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataLynch,MichaelP.(MichaelPatrick),1966–

3、.Truetolife:whytruthmatters/MichaelP.Lynch.p.cm.“ABradfordbook.”Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-262-12267-7(hc:alk.paper)1.Truth.I.Title.BD171.L8692004121—dc22200307064010987654321toBridgetContentsPrefacexiIntroduction1PartICynicalMyths71TruismsaboutTruth9TheConversatio

4、n-stopper9TruthIsObjective10TruthIsGood12TruthIsaWorthyGoalofInquiry13TruthIsWorthCaringaboutforItsOwnSake15GoodIdeasandBad192IstheTruthUnattainable?21Nightmare21AMapoftheWorld22Safety273IsTruthRelative?31ManIstheMeasure31Simple(minded)Relativism32TruthasPower35RelativismwithoutNihilis

5、m414TheTruthHurts45DangerousKnowledge45ExceptionsThatProvetheRule46ContextandSignificance51QuestionsandAnswers54viiiContentsPartIIFalseTheories595TruthasaMeanstoanEnd61RoundandRoundWeGo61TheRightToolfortheJob63Why(Classical)PragmatismDoesn’tWork66AMoreCoherentSuggestion?68DifferencesTha

6、tMakeaDifference706TruthandtheScientificImage75NaturalismandHumanValues75TruthasWhatScienceTellsUs77MindasMap83Moore’sProblem88NaturalismasNihilism91TheMotivationalTractor-beam93ThePossibilityofPluralism957TruthasFiction101Analogies101NietzcheanLessons?102Minimalism107PartIIIWhyTruthMat

7、ters1178TruthandHappiness119APersonalQuestion119KnowThyself120CaringaboutTruth128Integrity131Happiness136MoreQuestions,MoreAnswers1439SweetLies147Liar,Liar147Sincerity15310TruthandLiberalDemocracy159WeAreNotLying159TheSocialValueofTruth160ContentsixTruthandRights162TheSilenceofSlaver