Constructed Truths: Truth and Knowledge in a Post-truth World

by Thomas Zoglauer

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783658399429
Publisher:	Springer Vieweg
Publication date:	02/09/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	405 KB

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.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

Why should anyone other than philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists, and psychologists read this book? It is because post-factualism and post-truth as operative modes of thought have emerged from the philosophy journals and gone into the wild—like a virus escaping from a laboratory. ... The objective is cash flow, period. If this is the only philosophy book you read this decade, it will be worth it.” (Anthony J. Duben, Computing Reviews, March 11, 2024)

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