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Post-truth

Post-truth is a term that refers to the widespread documentation of, and concern about, disputes over public truth claims in the 21st century. The term's academic development refers to the theories and research that seek to explain the specific causes historically, and the effects of the phenomenon. Oxford Dictionaries popularly defines it as "relating…

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Historical precedents in philosophy

Critical theory and continental philosophy

Contemporary evaluation

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Post-truth

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related to Further reading · 37
Post-truth → Alena, AN, Anthropology News, August, AuthorspressAdler, Bob, Drieschova, Emanuel, Equipping Archaeology, Fake News Era, February, International Organization, ISSN, Kakutani, Lee, Liberal International Order, Literature, Mathew, McIntyre, Media
related to Hannah Arendt · 12
Post-truth → American, Arendt, Hannah Arendt, Her, In, Lying, McNamara, Pentagon Papers, Politics, She, The, Vietnam War
related to Bruno Latour · 7
Post-truth → According, Bruno Latour, However, In, Latour, New York Times, The French
related to Contemporary evaluation · 7
Post-truth → Candle, Carl Sagan, Carl Sagan's, Dark, Following, Science, The Demon-Haunted World
related to Historical precedents in philosophy · 7
Post-truth → Another, As, But, Julian Baggini, Several, The, Truth
related to Friedrich Nietzsche · 5
Post-truth → Friedrich Nietzsche, German, He, Not, They
see also · 2
Post-truth → Alternative, Donald TrumpFilter
is a · 1
Post-truth → term that refers to the widespread documentation of

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Post-truthrelated to Contemporary evaluationCarl Sagan0.60section
Post-truthrelated to Contemporary evaluationThe Demon-Haunted World0.60section
Post-truthrelated to Contemporary evaluationScience0.60section
Post-truthrelated to Contemporary evaluationCandle0.60section

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