Theo Todman's Web Page - Paper Abstracts

Contents

1. The Problem
   • 1. Truthfulness and Truth – 1
   • 2. Authority – 7
   • 3. Nietzsche – 12
2. Genealogy
   • 1. Real and Fictional – 20
   • 2. Naturalism – 22
   • 3. The State of Nature Is Not the Pleistocene – 27
   • 4. How Can Fictions Help? – 31
   • 5. Shameful Origins – 35
   • 6. The Genealogy of Truthfulness – 38
3. The State of Nature: A Rough Guide
   • 1. The Division of Labour – 41
   • 2. Plain Truths – 45
   • 3. Space, Time, and Indeterminacy – 53
   • 4. Value: The Story So Far – 57
4. Truth, Assertion, and Belief
   • 1. Truth Itself – 63
   • 2. Assertions and Truth – 66
   • 3. Assertions and Knowledge – 76
   • 4. Beliefs and Truth – 79
5. Sincerity: Lying and Other Styles of Deceit
   • 1. Value: An Internal Connection? – 84
   • 2. Trust – 88
   • 3. Trustworthiness in Speech – 93
   • 4. Dispositions of Sincerity – 96
   • 5. Fetishizing Assertion – 100
   • 6. Deserving the Truth – 110
6. Accuracy: A Sense of Reality
   • 1. The Elaboration of Accuracy – 123
   • 2. Methods and Obstacles – 126
   • 3. Realism and Fantasy – 135
   • 4. Truthfulness and Freedom – 141
7. What Was Wrong with Minos?
   • 1. Introduction – 149
   • 2. Thucydides – 151
   • 3. "Legendary Times" – 155
   • 4. The Past and the Truth – 161
8. From Sincerity to Authenticity
   • 1. An Ambiguous Invention – 172
   • 2. Rousseau – 173
   • 3. Diderot and Rameau's Nephew – 185
   • 4. Steadying the Mind – 191
   • 5. Authenticity and Other People – 199
9. Truthfulness, Liberalism, and Critique
   • 1. Truth and Politics – 206
   • 2. Democracy and Liberty – 210
   • 3. The Marketplace of Ideas – 213
   • 4. Critique – 219
   • 5. The Critical Theory Test – 225
10. Making Sense
    • 1. Narratives – 233
    • 2. Structures and Explanations – 241
    • 3. Audiences – 250
    • 4. Needs – 258
    Endnote. The Vocabulary of Truth: An Example – 271
    Notes – 279
    Bibliography – 309