Do We Need Truth?

Peter Hacker, in Appearance and Reality, says of truth that it generally has the dignity, but not the charm. We are much more easily seduced by the illusions of philosophy than by the humble truths it is able to discover and communicate. That is, it seems, true not only in the case of philosophy, but quite generally. It could be said also of truth that it usually has the respect and the praises, but not the favour and the honours. It is not by truth that we are the most spontaneously attracte...