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""“Accessible. . . . Highly recommended for readers interested in current public affairs and the contemporary state of politics.”"" * Library Journal *

""Lynch makes an eloquent case for the importance of truth as a core but increasingly tenuous democratic value. . . . If democracies are to survive, their citizens will need to regain their belief that they inhabit a common space in which facts, data, and evidence do exist.""---G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs ""On Truth in Politics is about an important topic, arguably the most important topic facing us today: how do we foster both truth and responsible politics? How do we preserve both our democracy and our contact with reality, and how are these connected? For those concerned with these questions—which should be everyone—this book is essential reading.""---John Capps, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews ""Lynch has provided a timely and thoughtful re-examination of the role of truth as a vital component in democratic practice.""---Jeff Roquen, LSE Review of Books ""Accessible. . . . Highly recommended for readers interested in current public affairs and the contemporary state of politics."" * Library Journal * ""Stimulating and challenging. . . . Highly recommended."" * Choice *

""Accessible. . . . Highly recommended for readers interested in current public affairs and the contemporary state of politics."" * Library Journal * ""Lynch has provided a timely and thoughtful re-examination of the role of truth as a vital component in democratic practice.""---Jeff Roquen, LSE Review of Books

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Michael Patrick Lynch is Provost Professor of the Humanities and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut. His books include The Internet of Us: Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data and Know-It-All Society: Truth and Arrogance in Political Culture, winner of the Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language.

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