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Artist
McIntyre, Lee
ISBN
0262535041
Book Title
Post-Truth
Item Length
6.9in
Publisher
MIT Press
Publication Year
2018
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.6in
Author
Lee Mcintyre
Genre
Psychology, Philosophy, Political Science
Topic
General, Political
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
7.8 Oz
Number of Pages
236 Pages

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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.

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Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262535041
ISBN-13
9780262535045
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239690690

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Book Title
Post-Truth
Author
Lee Mcintyre
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Political
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Psychology, Philosophy, Political Science
Number of Pages
236 Pages

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Item Length
6.9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
7.8 Oz

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Bd171.M39 2018
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My book of the week is Post-Truth by Lee McIntyre. This is a slender volume from MIT's Essential Knowledge Series that looks at one of the most disturbing trends of our time: the increasing dismissal of science, evidence, facts, and truth itself. The author gives us an intelligent account of why it's happened and a compelling reminder that we should all fight back against this dangerous nihilistic idea.-- Fareed Zakaria , CNN -- This is a gem of a short treatise. Lee McIntyre's Post-Truth is a perfect counter to a problem that has erupted in our national consciousness--alternative facts. McIntyre's enumerated suggestions on how we must all be our own fact checkers in this post-truth age should be taped to the computer keyboard of every journalist, politician, and reader in America, before the next election. -- Michael Shermer , Skeptic Magazine -- McIntyre's book is perhaps the most thoughtful of the post-truth set....[He] argues persuasively that our methods of ascertaining truth--not just the facts themselves--are under attack, and that this assault is especially dangerous. -- Carlos Lozada , Washington Post -- What I like about this book, which is more of a philosophical tour, is that the author isn't just concerned about the fate of particular facts or truths, but he thinks what is really under assault here is the very method by which we ascertain truth or get to truth, in particular, science. -- Carlos Lozada , PBS NewsHour --
Copyright Date
2018
Lccn
2017-034497
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Ser.

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  • by poppijc
    Sep 03, 2023

    Best Refresher for a Saturday Afternoon

    George Orwell's 1984 Refreshed Aftermath--Must Read. My son shared this book with me from his freshman comp class. He was so thrilled about it--I had to read it for myself. Good buy for those of you that are not in the least bothered by banned book lists and teaching your children to love reading. 70%+ Americans will never read another book after high school--that's so sad. Endeavor to read...refresh on Orwell and the fate on this country and cozy up to reignite your reading.

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  • by robda_482
    Jan 07, 2020

    Read it. You owe it to yourself.

    Required reading for anyone who wants to keep up with disinformation and what is means to our country.

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  • by kellys1994
    Dec 21, 2018

    Great book

    Came in time for school

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