Just as we approved the proof of Nothing But the Truth: 49 Classic Stories About Truth and Lies we got word that John Edwin Smith, described by the New York Times as an "author whose work tackled large questions about the nature of truth from a pragmatic, pluralistic and specifically American perspective," died at the age of 88. You can read the NYT obit here.
The article went on to say that "Professor Smith argued for a more democratic stance: the search for truth, he argued, was an inherently social, communitarian enterprise."
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