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Unorthodox views : reflections on reality, truth, and meaning in current social, cultural, and critical discourse
- Title
- Unorthodox views : reflections on reality, truth, and meaning in current social, cultural, and critical discourse / James L. Battersby.
- Author
- Battersby, James L.
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PN94 .B37 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 236 pages; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Contributions to the study of world literature, 0738-9345 ; no. 111
- Uniform Title
- Contributions to the study of world literature ; no. 111.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-228) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Heresy in an Orthodox World: The Affirmation of Truth, Reality, and Meaning -- 1. The Truth Is, There Is No Truth -- 2. Realism and Truth, Together Again -- 3. Conceptual Relativity and Relativism -- 4. Determinate Meanings and Coherent Messages -- 5. Paying Deference to Reference -- 6. Fact, Fiction, Belief, and Emotion -- 7. Incommensurability, Rational Method, and "Anything Goes" -- 8. Agents, Makings, and Meanings -- 9. Human Universals, Politics, and Literary Value -- 10. Humanism and Intercultural Critique.
- ISBN
- 0313321663
- 9780313321665
- LCCN
- 2001050138
- OCLC
- ocm47964957
- 47964957
- SCSB-1252636
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library