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How we arrived in a post-truth era, when "alternative facts" replace actual facts, and feelings have more weight than evidence. Are we living in a post-truth world, where "alternative facts" replace actual facts and feelings have more weight than evidence? How did we get here? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Lee McIntyre traces the development of the post-truth phenomenon from science denial through the rise of "fake news," from our psychological blind spots to the public's retreat into "information silos." What, exactly, is post-truth? Is it wishful thinking, political spin, mass delusion, bold-faced lying? McIntyre analyzes recent examples—claims about inauguration crowd size, crime statistics, and the popular vote—and finds that post-truth is an assertion of ideological supremacy by which its practitioners try to compel someone to believe something regardless of the evidence. Yet post-truth didn't begin with the 2016 election; the denial of scientific facts about smoking, evolution, vaccines, and climate change offers a road map for more widespread fact denial. Add to this the wired-in cognitive biases that make us feel that our conclusions are based on good reasoning even when they are not, the decline of traditional media and the rise of social media, and the emergence of fake news as a political tool, and we have the ideal conditions for post-truth. McIntyre also argues provocatively that the right wing borrowed from postmodernism—specifically, the idea that there is no such thing as objective truth—in its attacks on science and facts. McIntyre argues that we can fight post-truth, and that the first step in fighting post-truth is to understand it.

This book explores the geographical dimensions and implications of the post-truth era. Opening with a defense of the Enlightenment and the continued significance of science, objectivity, and truth, it then provides three key perspectives on the concept: The first is a philosophical analysis of post-truth. Social theory in various forms has sutured knowledge and power, in the process relativizing the nature of truth. This process reaches its apogee under post-modernism, which questions the very nature of truth itself. The second is the examination of the historical origins and development of the post-truth world. While post-truth has a history that can be traced back to the 18th and 19th centuries, more recently it has growth prolifically through the use of social media. The book examines post-truth as it appears in the yellow journalism of the Hearst newspapers, Holocaust denial, and contemporary attacks on science itself (e.g., the anti-vaccine movement, denial of evolution). Post-truth becomes a central issue in Western politics following Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, who uses it frequently to advance a reactionary political agenda. Russian hackers weaponize it to interfere in the politics of Europe and the U.S. Fox News and other right-wing outlets also play a central role. One result is the proliferation of unfounded conspiracy theories such as QAnon. Today, autocrats and dictators the world over use fake news to maintain their power. Finally, this book links the rise of a post-truth society to the dynamics of contemporary economic geography. Knowledge-intensive capitalism has greatly elevated the significance of symbolic workers or the creative class. Geographically, contemporary capitalism has accentuated the agglomeration of producer services in large urban areas in which such workers labor. Conversely, rural areas and small towns have largely become repositories of the undereducated, and thus are more susceptible to fake news

The Politics of (Post) Truth conference brings together academics, politicians, media practitioners, and members of the public in two days of collaborative exchange. It aims to revisit the prevailing understanding of what has popularly been labelled 'post-truth' politics. The conference brings together three, closely linked, disciplines – politics, philosophy and journalism – to explore new and shifting perspectives on this topic and establish an interdisciplinary understanding of 'post-truth'. The post-truth phenomenon raises difficult questions for politicians, philosophers and the public alike: have we lost trust in the media and other key institutions of the state? How might we rebuild it? Can we reassert the role of academic knowledge in contemporary political debate? How might politicians construct healthier political debate in the face of the corrosion of the 'truthfulness' of political, academic and journalistic discourse?

Makalah ini menguraikan asal muasal konsep dan praktik post truth. Bahwasanya potensi terjadinya post truth bisa diselusuri mulai dari gua Plato manakala orang membicarakan mengenai realitas atau kebenaran. Ketika orang-orang bersaing memperebutkan pengaruh, kebenaran dipelintir melalui pembentukan public opinion, pengembangan manufacturing consent, ataupun pelaksanaan construction of reality. Sambil memanfaatkan kekuatan media, para pelaku post truth membuat berbagai statement of events dalam bentuk Discourse (dengan D besar) yang menguntungkan dirinya dan atau merugikan pesaingnya. Untuk itu mereka secara sadar menyeleksi fakta yang akan dimunculkan (framing), memilih tanda yang digunakan (signing) dan mengatur penyebarluasannya (priming). Dapat ditelusuri juga, post truth bukan hanya terjadi dalam kehidupan sehari-hari pada bidang ekonomi, politik, jurnalisme, melainkan pula dalam bidang ilmu pengengetahuan (science)

This paper introduces the Special Issue on 'post-truth'. The contributions to this special issue try between them to strike a right balance. To establish how new 'post-truthism' really is – or isn't. To seek a point of reflection on whatever is new in our current socio-political straits. And to consider seriously how philosophy can help. Whether by wondering about the extent to which reason, or truth, may rightly, if one follows Wittgenstein, be viewed in certain respects as a constraint upon thought or opinion. Or indeed by wondering whether we still have a long way to go in approaching truth at all.

Media portrayal of politics has always been subject to contested claims about accuracy and veracity but this has reached a new intensity. Erroneous claims and counter-claims are becoming a routine part of political gaming. A major tension exists between democracy and expertise. In a democracy all possess an equal claim on knowledge in principle with expert knowledge confined to de-politicised cultures of knowledge. This tension is compounded by the shift from traditional print and broadcast media to social media. When it comes to the political literacy of citizens these are not all of a piece. Outside the most egregious abuses, it is unhelpful to reduce political and ideological dilemmas to the easy and lazy formulae of 'fake news', spin and post-truth.

After the 2016 Brexit referendum and the US presidential elections, the concept of post-truth has become influential within both the media and academic discourse. However, this discussion remained rather theoretical, with relatively few empirical studies applying the concept. This article aims to broaden the empirical scope of the post-truth concept by introducing it in the Hungarian context. Following Lewandowsky, Ecker and Cook's (2017a) argument post-truth will be approached as an alternative epistemology. After this, the empirical analysis captures how this alternative epistemology has gained a dominant position within the Hungarian society through direct governmental support. The case study reveals that the primary aim of post-truth as a conscious political strategy is to preserve the division between social epistemologies, instead of creating an exclusive one. Thus, post-truth politics cannot only effectively support anti-establishment initiatives but should also preserve and strengthen already-existing power structures. ; After the 2016 Brexit referendum and the US presidential elections, the concept of post-truth has become influential within both the media and academic discourse. However, this discussion remained rather theoretical, with relatively few empirical studies applying the concept. This article aims to broaden the empirical scope of the post-truth concept by introducing it in the Hungarian context. Following Lewandowsky, Ecker and Cook's (2017a) argument post-truth will be approached as an alternative epistemology. After this, the empirical analysis captures how this alternative epistemology has gained a dominant position within the Hungarian society through direct governmental support. The case study reveals that the primary aim of post-truth as a conscious political strategy is to preserve the division between social epistemologies, instead of creating an exclusive one. Thus, post-truth politics cannot only effectively support anti-establishment initiatives but should also preserve and strengthen already-existing power structures.

After the 2016 Brexit referendum and the US presidential elections, the concept of post-truth has become influential within both the media and academic discourse. However, this discussion remained rather theoretical, with relatively few empirical studies applying the concept. This article aims to broaden the empirical scope of the post-truth concept by introducing it in the Hungarian context. Following Lewandowsky, Ecker and Cook's (2017a) argument post-truth will be approached as an alternative epistemology. After this, the empirical analysis captures how this alternative epistemology has gained a dominant position within the Hungarian society through direct governmental support. The case study reveals that the primary aim of post-truth as a conscious political strategy is to preserve the division between social epistemologies, instead of creating an exclusive one. Thus, post-truth politics cannot only effectively support anti-establishment initiatives but should also preserve and strengthen already-existing power structures. ; After the 2016 Brexit referendum and the US presidential elections, the concept of post-truth has become influential within both the media and academic discourse. However, this discussion remained rather theoretical, with relatively few empirical studies applying the concept. This article aims to broaden the empirical scope of the post-truth concept by introducing it in the Hungarian context. Following Lewandowsky, Ecker and Cook's (2017a) argument post-truth will be approached as an alternative epistemology. After this, the empirical analysis captures how this alternative epistemology has gained a dominant position within the Hungarian society through direct governmental support. The case study reveals that the primary aim of post-truth as a conscious political strategy is to preserve the division between social epistemologies, instead of creating an exclusive one. Thus, post-truth politics cannot only effectively support anti-establishment initiatives but should also preserve and strengthen already-existing power structures.

The article demonstrates the conflict between university and post-truth, namely the inability of university to fight post-truth due to the underestimation of objective truth in society. The facts that university is losing the opportunity to develop students' critical thinking as a result of the deprivation of its independence in obtaining objective truth are given as arguments. The attention is focused on the historical context of this conflict. In conclusion, the need for university to defend its independence due to the terrible consequences of post-truth for society is proved.

Artikel ini berusaha menganalisis konsep mengenai kebenaran dan pasca kebenaran dalam kajian filsafat dikaitkan dengan kajian kontekstual. Perkembangan pemikiran dan ilmu pengetahuan manusia seolah tidak pernah berakhir, pasalnya perkembangan apa yang dianggap benar dewasa ini berbeda dengan apa yang dianggap benar pada masa sebelumnya. Perkembangan zaman dewasa ini yang sering disebut sebagai postmodernisme yang di dalamnya termasuk dalam banyaknya penemuan-penemuan yang dilakukan oleh manusia terutama mengenai penemuan teknologi ikut mempengaruhi hal-hal yang dianggap benar. Perkembangan kebenaran menuju pasca kebenaran juga bukanlah sesuatu yang instan tetapi melalui sebuah proses evolusi yang cukup lama sehingga perlu kajian yang cukup mendalam bagaimana proses tersebut, juga hal-hal yang dimaksud ke dalam isi dari konsepsi mengenai kebenaran dan pasca kebenaran. Selain itu, artikel ini menggunakan metode kualitatif di mana menekankan terhadap analisis-analisis sumber yang relevan dengan kajian yang dimaksud. Dari artikel ini dapat diketahui: 1) maksud dari kebenaran yang di dalamnya menggunakan pendekatan teori-teori kebenaran. 2) maksud dari pasca kebenaran dengan terlebih dahulu mengkaji mengenai pasca modern. 3) fenomena pasca kebenaran yang terjadi di Indonesia dengan lebih mengkaji kehidupan bersosial media yang berdampak pada berbagai aspek kehidupan terutama mengenai politik dan ilmu pengetahuan.