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The Splendor of Truth: A Critical Philosophy of Knowledge and Global Agency
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ISBN13: 9798385270484
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: Feb 10 2026
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: Feb 10 2026
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Splendor of Truth: A Critical Philosophy of Knowledge and Global Agency presents Asongu's groundbreaking philosophical system, Critical Synthetic Realism (CSR)--a bold defense of objective truth, rational inquiry, and moral responsibility in an age marked by epistemic confusion and social unrest. Bridging theology, science, psychology, and politics, Asongu argues that truth is both absolute and provisional: absolute in its independent existence, yet known only through continuous testing, correction, humility, and ethical engagement with the world.
CSR moves from the inner life of the mind to the structures of society, exposing the fallacies of superstition, fatalism, ideological dogmatism, and intellectual authoritarianism. At the same time, it affirms democracy, fairness, compassion, and human flourishing as rational moral imperatives grounded in the very architecture of reality. In a world overwhelmed by relativism, polarization, and misinformation, this book restores confidence in reason, conscience, and the moral dignity of work, love, justice, and communal responsibility.
Part manifesto and part meditation, The Splendor of Truth is a luminous call to live intelligently, act ethically, and recover knowledge as humanity's highest form of freedom--a freedom rooted in truth, sustained by courage, and fulfilled in the service of the common good.
Part manifesto and part meditation, The Splendor of Truth is a luminous call to live intelligently, act ethically, and recover knowledge as humanity's highest form of freedom--a freedom rooted in truth, sustained by courage, and fulfilled in the service of the common good.
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