by Harry G. Frankfurt · Gradiva · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789896167660
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Why is it a problem to disregard the truth? Why is truth so important and valuable? These are some of the questions that Frankfurt seeks to clarify and answer in 'On Truth'. Frankfurt's response, presented in language stripped of philosophical jargon and centered on the most common notion of truth, is that our lives would be impossible without it, both practically and intellectually and psychologically. Practically, because the distinction between true and false is presupposed in the most mundane situations of life, even by those who claim to reject it. Intellectually and psychologically, because it is necessary for understanding ourselves as individuals distinct from others, for our relationship with them, and for the most elementary understanding of reality, whatever it may be.
