Being True, Sounding False
The essay explores multiple senses of “true,” arguing that truth not only has a performative sense, but that certain performances can themselves be true as when a friend is a true friend. Taking that thought in a metaphilosophical direction, the essay also argues that writing can be true to philosop...
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| description | The essay explores multiple senses of “true,” arguing that truth not only has a performative sense, but that certain performances can themselves be true as when a friend is a true friend. Taking that thought in a metaphilosophical direction, the essay also argues that writing can be true to philosophy or sound false on those terms. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c873cff5b315430bb555c0a562b72c1e2025-01-06T09:09:01ZengEuropean Association for American StudiesEuropean Journal of American Studies1991-93362020-05-0115110.4000/ejas.15592Being True, Sounding FalseJohn T. LysakerThe essay explores multiple senses of “true,” arguing that truth not only has a performative sense, but that certain performances can themselves be true as when a friend is a true friend. Taking that thought in a metaphilosophical direction, the essay also argues that writing can be true to philosophy or sound false on those terms.https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/15592truth; performativity; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Stanley Cavell; Martin Heidegger |
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