For a century, logicians have argued that things are either true or false. Yet truth for one person can be a falsehood for another. Is it possible that truth is not about the nature of reality at all but describes what we think about what we say? Would such a heresy undermine meaning itself or liberate us to think afresh?
The Panel
Institute of Philosophy director Barry C. Smith goes in search of truth with Deleuzean James Williams and Oxford philosopher Anita Avramides.
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