Truth. No longer useful?

Charlie Irvine

Truth. No longer useful?

Charlie Irvine

Law

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Abstract

I started mediating in my early 30s, surely old enough to know the difference between truth and fiction. Yet after a couple of years I began to say, first to myself then to my friends, that the concept of truth was ‘no longer useful’ in my work. What did I mean and how did I get there?

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
Publication status	Published - 12 Apr 2021

Keywords

mediation
mediation theory
truth
truth claims
mediator neutrality

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