Beginning with a study of evolutionary biology and the necessity (and ultimate value) of deceit in the animal kingdom, Campbell asks the difficult question of whether falsehood might, in fact, be instinctual. Unsettling some of the most firmly held beliefs about truth and ethics, "The Liar's Tale" is a riveting work of intellectual history.
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Beginning with a study of evolutionary biology and the necessity (and ultimate value) of deceit in the animal kingdom, Campbell asks the difficult question of whether falsehood might, in fact, be instinctual. Unsettling some of the most firmly held beliefs about truth and ethics, "The Liar's Tale" is a riveting work of intellectual history.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Book Fireflies find mates by duping rivals with patterns of deceptive flashes. Politicians win elections by distorting statistics and telling half-truths. The devices of falsehood, whether simple exaggeration, pretence or barefaced lies are hard to resist and easy to employ. With insight into rhetoric, language and the sciences, Campbell launches his discussion with Darwin and evolutionary biology and from there builds a foundation of counter-intuitive philosophical evidence. We encounder the purism of the ancients and their battles with the Sophists, the many faces of falsehood decried by Montaigne, the dark ethos of Kant and Nietzsche and the reckless shift made by Derrids and the post-modernists favouring "meaning" at the expense of truth. Unsettling and original, "The Liar's Tale" should provoke renewed interest and debate about truth and ethics.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 9780393323610.
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