Truth: A History and a Guide for the PerplexedFelipe Fernandez-Armesto1997

This challenging and original book illuminates what Felipe Fernandez-Armesto considers to be the unique predicament of our times: that our society has come to lose faith and interest in the reality and search for truth. We need, he argues, a new way of understanding and identifying truth that can survive in the postmodern era. By examining how people throughout history and across the world have tried to distinguish truth from falsehood, Fernandez-Armesto places our current crisis in context and offers a fresh approach to tackling the quest for truth.