Constructed Truths: Truth and Knowledge in a Post-truth World (ars digitalis)

Zoglauer, Thomas

ISBN 10: 3658399414 / ISBN 13: 9783658399412

Published by Springer Vieweg, 2023

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1st ed. 2023 edition NO-PA16APR2015-KAP.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Constructed Truths: Truth and Knowledge in a Post-truth World (ars digitalis)
• Publisher: Springer Vieweg
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3658399414
• ISBN 13: 9783658399412
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In a world in which more and more fake news is being spread, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish truth from lies, 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, it blames post-factual thinking for the current truth crisis, and it shows how we can escape the threat of truth relativism.

About the Author

Thomas Zoglauer (Dr. phil. habil.) teaches philosophy at the Brandenburg University of Technology 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.