(Video) “Perhaps the most interesting feature of the post-truth condition is the extent to which it has taken academics and other political and economic elites by surprise. Nevertheless, it should have been expected, given higher levels of educational attainment and… Read More ›
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Relativism Relativized: A Review of Relativism and Post-Truth in Contemporary Society: Possibilities and Challenges, Sheldon Richmond
As I commit my thoughts to ink on paper, I hear a fly buzzing around my ear. The fly happened to fly from a workshop about relativism, and its varieties, as it occurs in today’s society. Needless to say, I… Read More ›
An Interview with Steve Fuller on Conspiracy Theories and Post-Truth, Chantelle Gordon
I am a year 12 high school student from Sydney, Australia. For one of my subjects, ‘Society and Culture’, I am currently completing a large scale major work, called a ‘Personal Interest Project’. For this project I have decided to… Read More ›
What’s the Fuss about Post-Truth? Brian Martin
You can learn a lot by reading books about post-truth, but conclusive answers on several key issues remain elusive. In 2016, two events shocked many observers. The first was the passing of the Brexit referendum in Britain… [please read below… Read More ›
So What if ‘Fake News’ is Fake News? Jeroen de Ridder
David Coady (2019), in his contribution to this issue, joins a small but growing number of people expressing misgivings about the current hype surrounding fake news, alternative facts, and other post-truthy phenomena in society and academia (cf. also Habgood-Coote 2019)…. Read More ›
The Place of the Notion of the Weird in Today’s Thinking, Lyudmila Markova
Author Information: Lyudmila Markova, Russian Academy of Sciences, l.a.markova@yandex.ru. Markova, Lyudmila. “The Place of the Notion of the Weird in Today’s Thinking.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 8, no. 5 (2019): 48-51. The pdf of the article gives specific… Read More ›
On Political Culpability: The Unconscious?, Raphael Sassower
Author Information: Raphael Sassower, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, rsassowe@uccs.edu. Sassower, Raphael. “On Political Culpability: The Unconscious?” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 8, no. 1 (2019): 26-29. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-45p In the… Read More ›
Ethics, Cogenetic Logic, and the Foundation of Meaning, Luca Tateo
Author Information: Luca Tateo, Aalborg University & Federal University of Bahia, luca@hum.aau.dk. Tateo, Luca. “Ethics, Cogenetic Logic, and the Foundation of Meaning.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 12 (2018): 1-8. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-44i… Read More ›
Post-Truths and Inconvenient Facts, Raphael Sassower
Author Information: Raphael Sassower, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, rsasswe@uccs.edu. Sassower, Raphael. “Post-Truths and Inconvenient Facts.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 8 (2018): 47-60. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-40g If nothing else,… Read More ›
Impoverishing Critical Engagement, James H. Collier
Author Information: Jim Collier, Virginia Tech, jim.collier@vt.edu. Collier, James H. “Social Epistemology for the One and the Many: An Essay Review.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 8 (2018): 15-40. Jim Collier’s article “Social Epistemology for the One… Read More ›