Reason Truth and Self

<p>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 failings.<br><em>Reason, Truth and Self</em> covers many of the key questions of our age:<br> * How rational is science?<br> * Can we really know the truth about ourselves and the world?<br> * What is the nature of the mind?<br> * Can we know the difference between right and wrong?<br><em>Reason, Truth and Self</em> is ideal for courses in philosophy and the social sciences.</p> Introduction; Chapter 1 The cosmic register; Chapter 2 Mind – the final mystery?; Chapter 3 No Archimedean point; Chapter 4 Nothing is certain, nothing is known?; Chapter 5 A web of our own conceit?; Chapter 6 Whose game is it anyway?; Chapter 7 The fragility of knowledge; Chapter 8 Who are we?; Chapter 9 Citizens of the here and now; Chapter 10 The making of our selves;