larkspire's review against another edition
4.0
This is an excellent introduction to philosophical ideas surrounding the concept of truth. For anyone not yet familiar with these ideas it should be essential reading, particularly for those who seek to find truth (or even who see only matters of taste which cannot be defined in terms of truth) in the likes of aesthetics and ethics.
I'm not sure that Blackburn is entirely successful in what he wants to achieve here - laymen will find the book difficult to follow, while people already familiar with philosophy might find parts of it too obvious. But the broad overview it provides will hopefully mean that there's something of value here for everyone (for myself that was the chapter on aesthetics).
I'm not sure that Blackburn is entirely successful in what he wants to achieve here - laymen will find the book difficult to follow, while people already familiar with philosophy might find parts of it too obvious. But the broad overview it provides will hopefully mean that there's something of value here for everyone (for myself that was the chapter on aesthetics).
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