Chapter 5. Cynicism, Skepticism, and the Politics of Truth

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction: Politics, Political Theory, and the Question of Truth 1
4. From Nobel Lecture: Art, Truth, and Politics 9
5. PART I. Opinion and Agreement
6. Chapter 1. Concerning Practices of Truth 19
7. Chapter 2. Truth and Politics 54
8. Chapter 3. Truth and Disagreement 76
9. Chapter 4. “Speaking Power to Truth” 87
10. PART II. Authority and Justification
11. Chapter 5. Cynicism, Skepticism, and the Politics of Truth 97
12. Chapter 6. Democracy as a Space of Reasons 114
13. Chapter 7. Truth and Democracy: Theme and Variations 130
14. Chapter 8. On Truth and Democracy: Hermeneutic Responses 146
15. Chapter 9. Too Soon for the Counterreformation 154
16. PART III. Decision and Deliberation
17. Chapter 11. Democracy and the Love of Truth 165
18. Chapter 12. J. S. Mill on Truth, Liberty, and Democracy 181
19. Chapter 13. Can This Marriage Be Saved? The Relationship of Democracy and Truth 197
20. Chapter 14. Democratic Politics and the Lovers of Truth 201
21. PART IV. Truth and Public Reasons
22. Chapter 15. Truth and Public Reason 217
23. Chapter 16. The Truth in Political Liberalism 251
24. Chapter 17. Truth at the Door of Public Reason: Response to Cohen and Estlund 272
25. Chapter 18. Just Gimme Some Truth: A Pragmatist Proposal 279
26. Notes 285
27. Index 339
28. Contributors 345