Aspects of Truth

by Catherine Pickstock

What is 'truth'? The question that Pilate put to Jesus was laced with dramatic irony. But at a time when what is true and what is untrue have acquired a new currency, the question remains of crucial significance. Is truth a matter of the representation of things which lack truth in themselves? Or of mere coherence? Or is truth a convenient if redundant way of indicating how one's language refers to things outside oneself? In her ambitious new book, Catherine Pickstock addresses these profound questions, arguing that epistemological approaches to truth either fail argumentatively or else offer only vacuity. She advances instead a bold metaphysical and realist appraisal which overcomes the Kantian impasse of 'subjective knowing' and ban on reaching beyond supposedly finite limits. Her book contends that in the end truth cannot be separated from the transcendent reality of the thinking soul.

Genres: Philosophy, Religion, Theology

344 pages, Hardcover

Published October 22, 2020

Reviews

[Anders]

This book is a treasure, but one that requires serious and committed digging in order to unpack its density. If you're not a theologian, philosopher, or academic, and aren't accustomed to some of the history of philosophy, it may be inaccessible. However, even if you are a layman and are fervently passionate about the subject, it is so worth the effort.

[Jeremy Tauzer]

(Only read a pre-published draft of this book.) Excellent and profound (and a very challenging read). Related to Desmond's "Voiding of Being," perhaps also Pippin's "Hegel's Realm of Shadows" (and Hegel's logic).