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Douglas Edwards

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Utica College

Douglas Edwards is a philosopher at Utica College in New York state. He is the author of The Metaphysics of Truth (2018), Properties (2014), and the editor of Truth: A Contemporary Reader (2019). His latest book is Philosophy Smackdown (2020).

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Written by Douglas Edwards

Three wrestlers in a ring. Two face each other, as one in a full mask spits in the face of the other. A further masked figure in red and white looks on.

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What pro wrestling can teach us about the quest for truth

Pro wrestling, like philosophy, raises questions about appearance and reality: how can we ever know what’s really happening?

by Douglas Edwards