Onassis Cultural Center NY-CONVERSATION SERIES

The second session of the Conversation Series on Truth (and Lies) with Simon Critchley
Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy
The New School for Social Research

What is the truth? This question has accompanied the human adventure for millennia, yet no question today seems more uncertain. In a world where claims to the truth seem to multiply on a daily basis, indeed minute by minute, as they enter our numerous information filters, the frontier separating truth from lies seems more porous than ever. The purpose of this first set of philosophical conversations sponsored by the Onassis Cultural Center is to explore the question in various domains: what is the truth in science, in literature, in visual art, in history, in religion, in morality, in politics? Are we living in a post-truth era when the concern with truth needs to be abandoned as quaint and old-fashioned, or can we say, to the contrary, that this concern is more important than ever in our uncertain world?


THE TRUTH IN TRAGEDY A discussion with Daniel MendelsohnTuesday, November 8, 2011, at 7:00 p.m.The New York Public LibraryStephen A. Schwarzman Building, South Court AuditoriumPlease use the Fifth Avenue entrance just south of 42nd Street

 

Daniel Mendelsohn,
award-winning critic, essayist,
translator, and author
of international bestsellers

Image Credit: Matt Mendelsohn