After the End of Truth | John Searle, Hilary Lawson, Hannah Dawson
A generation raised on Foucault and Derrida has l…
Philosophy for our times | The Institute of Art and Ideas Podcast · IAI
August 31, 201643m 9s
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Show Notes
A generation raised on Foucault and Derrida has learned to distrust claims to objective truth. Yet the mantra that 'there is no truth' is a paradox. Do we need a new conception of fantasy and reality to free us from the tyranny of truthmakers and the paradoxes of postmodernists alike?
The Panel
American philosopher John Searle, post-postmodernist Hilary Lawson and Historian of Ideas at KCL Hannah Dawson untangle the truth.
Video of the debate: https://iai.tv/video/after-the-end-of-truth