John D Caputo
Truth: Philosophy in Transit
- ISBN 13:
- 9781846146008
- author:
- John D Caputo
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 17.8 x 10.9 x 2.3 cm
- Genre:
- History, Religious History, Other Religions
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Riding to work has become an everyday commute. Yet this simple act has precipitated a crisis in our understanding of truth. Renowned philosopher John D. Caputo explores the many notions of 'truth' and what it really means, arguing that our transportation technologies are not just transient phenomena, but offer a metaphor for postmodernism.
Caputo defends a "postmodern," or "hermeneutic" theory of truth, positing his own surprising theory of the many notions of truth. A specialist in contemporary hermeneutics and deconstruction with a special interest in religion in the postmodern condition, Caputo has spearheaded an idea he calls weak theology.
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