Title: Choosing Truth
Subtitle: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Discover It
Subject Classification:  Philosophy, Sociology, Politics and Government  
BIC Classification: HP, JP, JF
BISAC Classification: PHI004000, SOC052000, POL042000
Binding: Hardback, eBook
Planned publication date: Jun 2025
ISBN (Hardback): 978-1-83711-298-2
ISBN (eBook): 978-1-83711-299-9

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Description

Truth is deeply consequential; truth is the fundamental requirement for justice – in a court of law, for addressing threats to democracy and good governance, climate change, inequality, racism, poverty, gun violence, conflict among nations, and weapons of mass destruction. Commitment to truth underpins any effort to overcome ignorance, obfuscation, propaganda, fallacy and a culture burdened with disinformation. But while we are influenced by claims of truth, we don’t always know what truth is, and how much it matters. While sustaining a standard of truth has always been difficult, a perfect storm of declining commitment to fact-based media practices and patterns of “normalized” dishonesty seems to have emerged. It has been said that “truth is not dying, it’s being killed”.

Given that we are constrained in our ability to act in defense of what we don’t understand, the authors aim to set out a coherent and comprehensive account of the meaning and implications of truth in the range of contexts that are meaningful for us as individuals, as civilized societies, and as a species. Choosing Truth explores truth in its multiple dimensions and manifestations and presents novel and pragmatic concepts that integrate the content and application of truth-seeking approaches.

This important and timely new book can act as a text or supplemental reading in practical philosophy, but also in an array of disciplines where truth is deeply meaningful, such as education, political science/public policy, management, journalism, and environmental science. Choosing Truth can also be used by organizational change agents seeking to foster learning and adaptation in organizations.

Biography

Author(s):  Neil Douglas has been a systems engineer, technical and senior executive in technology-based organizations and an academic hospital. Terry Wykowski holds post graduate degrees from the University of Oxford (UK) and Hunter College of the City University of New York. She has a background in counseling, training and organizational development.

Together, partnering as consultants, researchers and authors based in Houston, Texas USA, they blend their passions to help management, clinical, research and operations teams in universities, hospitals and global companies reach their potential. They have evolved their consulting practice, related research and writing to focus on seeking truth in a practical sense, helping organizations align culture, direction, and action with relevant reality.

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