Why Progressives Need a (Minimally) Realist Theory of Truth

<p> This presentation included arguments for the following claims: <ul> <li> Progressive political and social criticism is conceptually coherent only if an argument can be given showing why some states of affairs are preferable to others. </li> <li> In order to justify the claim that some states of affairs are preferable to others, some minimally realist account of truth must be presupposed. </li> <li> Crude relativism about truth cannot provide a conceptually coherent foundation for progressive criticisms of any state of affairs and, by extension, cannot support justifications for preferring one state of affairs over others. </li> </ul></p>