Truth / Truth-Telling: A Core Value

How badly has it been compromised in our time?

Steven Yates
8 min readMay 2, 2022

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I’ll start with what will doubtless sound a stupid question: are we, or are we not, better off knowing what is true, or at least part of the truth?

Of course we are! No one needs a “theory of truth” to see this and understand it. Not even philosophers!

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Steven Yates

I am the author of What Should Philosophy Do? A Theory. I write about philosophy, life, the future, a few current affairs, and every so often, a little music.