John Hawthorne - What is Truth?

Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje Defining ‘truth’ is an ancient question that in the age of science should find resolution and agreement. But this is not so. Even today, truth remains elusive. Can truth be objective or must it always be relative? Is truth the exclusive domain of science? Or can different truths be apprehended beyond science? What does philosophy say about truth? Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns Watch more interviews on the metaphysics of consciousness: https://shorturl.at/dgJKS John Hawthorne is the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the Magdalen College of Oxford University. Get free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.