哈里•法蘭克福（Harry G.Frankfurt）繼上本暢銷書《放屁》(On Bullshit) 提出胡說、屁話和虛假的理論後，開始處理更重要的事物：真實。 在《論真實》中，法蘭克福探討《放屁》未深究的問題。在前書中作者論及，有些哲學家或公眾人物根本不承認「真」和「假」是有意義的類別，他們只在乎自己說的話是否能有效操弄他人的態度和觀點。也有許多人僅在絕對必要時才使用真相，其餘時候總是動用真實的替代品來銷售自己的觀點和理念。這種文化持續下去，會讓人們對真實的「價值和重要性」逐漸缺乏關心，一種無視真理的「傳染病」出現在公眾人物和政客當中，對社會造成莫大的傷害。這也是為什麼作者認為，屁話比說謊更傷害人類社會。 然而，在前本書中，作者沒有談到「為什麼不在乎真實」對我們社會的傷害這麼大？ 於是，作者在本書中處理以下幾個問題：真實為何真的重要，以及到底哪一...(展开全部)

Having outlined a theory of bullshit and falsehood, Harry G. Frankfurt turns to what lies beyond them: the truth, a concept not as obvious as some might expect. Our culture's devotion to bullshit may seem much stronger than our apparently halfhearted attachment to truth. Some people (professional thinkers) won't even acknowledge "true" and "false" as meaningful categories, and...(展开全部)

從一開始，攝影便指向了捕捉最大可數目的題材，可是繪畫從沒有這麼帝國主義式的視野，後來攝影科技產業化的實現，乃是因為攝影在一開始時便與生俱來的許諾──以「譯成影像」的方式，「平等」一切經驗。 攝影家被想成一位銳利但不帶干擾性質的觀察者──一位書記而非詩人。但是當人們很快發現，沒有兩個人能就同一件事拍出相同的照片，相機能夠提供非個人的客觀影像的臆想，便向「相片不僅證明那兒存在著怎樣的東西，而且是某個個人看見了什麼」以及「照片並非僅是記錄，而且是一種對於世界的評價」這樣的事實投降。 攝影影像的終極智慧是說：「那是表面。現在，想，或者更正確地說──感覺，或用你的直覺去體會、捕捉，在那之上的是什麼東？如果它看起來是這個樣子，那麼真正的現實會是怎麼樣？」照片是對懷疑、推論和幻想的無盡邀請，它本身無法解釋任何事情。

在《原形》中提及的鸡场可以让蛇及鸡成精，白素和红绫对因而大感兴趣，一直都有在鸡场研究。 非人协会的金维受到鹰群的带领，亦来到鸡场。但自此之后，白素、红绫及金维，三天都没有消息。第三天傍晚，金维在电话录音留言，说在鸡场有点发现......

In the first in a new series of easily digestible, commute-lengthbooks of original philosophy, renowned thinker John D. Caputo explores the many notions of 'truth', and what it really means Riding to work in the morning has has become commonplace. We ride everywhere. Physicians and public health officials plead with us to get out and walk, to get some exercise. People used to l...(展开全部)

What is truth? Paul Horwich gives the definitive exposition of a notable philosophical theory, 'minimalism'. This is the controversial theory that the nature of truth is entirely captured in the trivial fact that each proposition specifies its own condition for being true, and that truth is therefore, despite the philosophical struggles to which it has given rise, an entirely m...(展开全部)

In the first in a new series of easily digestible, commute-lengthbooks of original philosophy, renowned thinker John D. Caputo explores the many notions of 'truth', and what it really means Riding to work in the morning has has become commonplace. We ride everywhere. Physicians and public health officials plead with us to get out and walk, to get some exercise. People used to l...(展开全部)

This monograph purports to provide a solution to semantical paradoxes like the Liar. The authors base this solution on J. L. Austin's idea of truth, which is fundamental to situation semantics. They compare two models of language, propositions and truth, one based on Russell and the other on Austin, as they bear on the Liar Paradox. In Russell's view, a sentence expresses a pro...(展开全部)

The analysis of the connections between truth, meaning, thought, and action poses a major philosophical challenge-one that Donald Davidson addressed by establishing a unified theory of language and mind. This volume offers a reappraisal of Davidson's intellectual legacy. Twelve specially written essays by leading philosophers in the field illuminate a range of enduring philosop...(展开全部)