Pointless Truth

Jonathan Kvanvig

doi:10.1002/9781444307276.ch11

Pointless Truth

Jonathan Kvanvig

Department of Philosophy

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Midwest Studies in Philosophy
Subtitle of host publication	Truth and its Deformities
Publisher	Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Pages	199-212
Number of pages	14
Volume	32
ISBN (Print)	9781405191456
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444307276.ch11
State	Published - Apr 17 2009

Keywords

Affective states - desires, hopes, wishes, and wants
Basic research - no practical benefit
Bullet-biters - insist that all truth is valuable
Cognitive states - beliefs and knowledge
Crass pragmatism - not deserving of any of our time or attention
Enlightened pragmatist - who needs an account on which some truths are truly pointless
Pointless truth
Sophisticated intellectualist
Unqualified value of knowledge and understanding

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