Searle and Foucault on Truth by C. G. Prado (Paperback, 2005)

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Searle And Foucault On Truth, Paperback by Prado, C. G., ISBN 0521671337, ISBN-13 9780521671330, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK This book compares John Searle and Michel Foucault's radically opposed views on truth in order to demonstrate the need for invigorating cross-fertilization between the analytic and Continental philosophical traditions. By pressing beyond familiar clichés about analytic philosophy and postmodernism, a surprising convergence of Searle and Foucault's thought on truth emerge. Prado rebuts the analytic impression of Michel Foucault as a radical relativist and shows that Foucault not only is a realist, but also is much closer than many imagine to John Searle and Donald Davidson, both model analytic thinkers