Post-Truth, Fake News: Viral Modernity & Higher Education [Hardcover]

This edited collection brings together international authors to discuss the meaning and purpose of higher education in a post-truth world. The editors and authors argue that notions such as fact and evidence in a post-truth era must be understood not only politically, but also socially and epistemically. The essays philosophically examine the post-truth environment and its impact on education with respect to our most basic ideas of what universities, research and education are or should be. The book brings together authors working in Australia, China, Croatia, Romania, Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, Sweden, UK and USA.

Post-Truth, Fake News: Viral Modernity & Higher Education.- What Can Philosophy Teach Us About the Post-Truth Condition.- On Knowing How to Tell the Truth.- The Solution to Poor Opinions is More Opinions: Peircean Pragmatist Tactics for the Epistemic Long Game.- Wisdom's Limit: Truth, Failure, and the Contemporary University.- The History and Practice of Lying in Public Life.- Donald Trump and the Politics of Lying.- Post-Truth and Critical Pedagogy of Trust.- Post-Truth and the Journalists Ethos.- As a Matter of Fact: Journalism and Scholarship in the Post-Truth Era.- Dont Bring Truth to a Gunfight: Pedagogy, Force, and Decision.- Education in a Post-Truth World.- A Level Playing Field? Complicit Meritocracy in a Post-Truth Era.- Beyond Truth and Non-Truth.- Changing the World One Premise at a Time: Argument, Imagination and Post-Truth.- The Complexity of Post-Truth in Research: An Indigenous Speculation.- What is the role of Higher Education in the Age of Fake News?.