Publication Type |
pre-print |
School or College |
College of Humanities |
Department |
Philosophy |
Creator |
Thalos, Mariam G. |
Title |
Truth deserves to be believed |
Date |
2013-01-01 |
Description |
Science seems generally to aim at truth. And governmental support of science is often premised on the instrumental value of truth in service of advancing our practical objectives, both as individuals and as communities, large and small. While there is some political expediency to this view, it is not correct. The value of truth is nowise that it helps us achieve our aims. In fact, just the contrary: truth deserves to be believed only on the condition that its claim upon us is orthogonal to any utility it might have in the service of (any and all) practical ends. |
Type |
Text |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press |
Volume |
88 |
Issue |
334 |
First Page |
1 |
Last Page |
19 |
Language |
eng |
Bibliographic Citation |
Thalos, M. G. (2013). Truth deserves to be believed. Philosophy, 88(334), 1-19. |
Rights Management |
(c) Cambridge University Press http://www.cambridge.org/ Permission granted by Cambridge University Press for non-commercial, personal use only. |
Format Medium |
application/pdf |
Format Extent |
396,300 bytes |
Identifier |
uspace,18178 |
ARK |
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Setname |
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ID |
708322 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sn0tsf |