The constitution of knowledge a defense of truth
Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracy theories. Cancel culture. These recent additions to our daily vocabulary appear to have little in common. But together they are driving an epistemic crisis: a multifront challenge to America's ability to distinguish face from fiction and elevate truth above false...
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
[2021]
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The constitution of knowledge : |b a defense of truth / |c Jonathan Rauch. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Washington, D.C. : |b Brookings Institution Press, |c [2021] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2021 | |
| 300 | |a viii, 305 pages ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-287) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g 1 |t "A terrible statement unless he gets away with it": Chaos and conformity have caused an epistemic crisis -- |g 2 |t The state of nature: tribal truth: Bias, groupthink, and the epistemic war of all against all -- |g 3 |t Booting reality: the rise of networked knowledge: Outsourcing reality to a social network is humankind's greatest innovation -- |g 4 |t The constitution of knowledge: The operating system of the reality-based community -- |g 5 |t Disinformation technology: the challenge of digital media: Making the online world truth-friendly is difficult but doable -- |g 6 |t Troll epistemology: "flood the zone with shit": Disinformation is an old enemy with new weapons and powerful friends -- |g 7 |t Canceling: despotism of the few: Coercive conformity is corrupting the reality-based community -- |g 8 |t Unmute yourself: pushing back: Defending the Constitution of Knowledge requires confidence and counter-mobilization. |
| 520 | |a Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracy theories. Cancel culture. These recent additions to our daily vocabulary appear to have little in common. But together they are driving an epistemic crisis: a multifront challenge to America's ability to distinguish face from fiction and elevate truth above falsehood. In this pathbreaking book, Jonathan Rauch reaches back to the parallel developments of liberal democracy and science to explain what he calls the Constitution of Knowledge--our social system for turning disasgreement into truth. By organizing scientists and academics, journliasts and government statisticians, and even lawyers and intelligence analysts into a global network of truth-seekers, our epistemic constitution defines the reality-based community which we all depend upon to turn information into knowledge and arguments into facts. In recent years, that system has come under frightening and baffling new attacks from social media's outrage ecology, mass disinformation campaigns, and so-called "cancel culture" on campus and off. As different as they may seem, all are potent forms of information warfare aimed at splintering reality and dividing us from each other. By explicating the Constitution of Knowledge and probing the war on reality, Rauch arms defenders of truth with a clearer understanding of what they must protect, why they must do so, and how they can do it. He provides not only powerful arguments but actionable steps. In doing so, he offers a sweeping and readable account of how every American can help defend objective truth and free inquity from threats as far away as Russia and as close as our cell phones. -- |c From dust jacket. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Truthfulness and falsehood. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Truth |x Political aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social epistemology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Knowledge, Sociology of. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Disinformation. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Information literacy. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Media literacy. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Fake news |z United States |y 21st century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social media |x Political aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cancel culture |z United States |y 21st century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Censorship |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Freedom of speech. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Intellectual life |y 21st century. | |
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