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Record Nr.

UNISA996547949103316

Autore

Zoglauer Thomas

Titolo

Constructed truths : truth and knowledge in a post-truth world / / Thomas Zoglauer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden, Germany : , : Springer Vieweg, , [2021]

©2023

ISBN

9783658399429

9783658399412

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 149 pages)

Disciplina

121.63

Soggetti

Certainty

Truth

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-149).

Nota di contenuto

Filter bubbles and echo chambers -- Conspiracy theories -- Fake news -- Epistemology of the post-factual -- Theories of truth -- Information and knowledge.

Sommario/riassunto

In a world where more and more fake news is being spread, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish truth from lies and knowledge from opinion. Disinformation campaigns are not only perceived as a political problem, but the fake news debate is also about fundamental philosophical questions: What is truth? How can we recognize it? Is there such a thing as objective facts or is everything socially constructed? This book explains how echo chambers and alternative worldviews emerge, blames post-factual thinking for the current truth crisis, and shows how we can escape the threat of truth relativism. The contents: - Fake news - Post-truth epistemology - Theories of truth - Information and knowledge The target groups: - Philosophers - Media scientists - Political scientists - Social scientists. The author: Thomas Zoglauer (Dr. phil. habil.) teaches philosophy at the Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus-Senftenberg and



at the Graduate Academy of the University of Stuttgart and is the author of numerous books on the philosophy of technology and applied ethics.