Beschreibung:
This volume tackles an array of complex and interrelated phenomena which are usually referred to as the post-truth condition - from confirmation bias to science denialism, misinformation, and the rise of polarized 'epistemic tribes' on social media. It was originally published as a special issue of Social Epistemology.
Introduction: Perspectives on Post-Truth 1. The Origins of the Alleged Correlation between Vaccines and Autism: A Semiotic Approach 2. Why Post-Truth Cannot Be Our Epistemological Compass 3. Post-Enquiry and Disagreement: A Socio-Epistemological Model of the Normative Significance of Disagreement Between Scientists and Denialists 4. Epistemic Bunkers 5. The Possibility of Epistemic Nudging 6. Fake News as Discursive Genre: Between Hermetic Semiosis and Gossip 7. Consuming Fake News: Can We Do Any Better? 8. The Epistemological Compass and the (Post)Truth about Objectivity