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Necessary Factual Truth
Language: en
Pages: 424
Authors: Gregory Browne
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher:

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In this book Gregory Browne rejects the views of David Hume and the Logical Positivists, and argues that there are necessary factual truths, which include a wid
Trump vs. the Media
Language: en
Pages: 36
Authors: Mollie Ziegler Hemingway
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-25 - Publisher: Encounter Books

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How bad is the problem of media bias? The answer can be summed up in a few words: President Donald J. Trump. Whether you love him or hate him, there’s no ques
Against Facts
Language: en
Pages: 325
Authors: Arianna Betti
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-10 - Publisher: MIT Press

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An argument that the major metaphysical theories of facts give us no good reason to accept facts in our catalog of the world. In this book Arianna Betti argues
Post-Truth
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Lee McIntyre
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-16 - Publisher: MIT Press

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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-trut
Truth Decay
Language: en
Pages: 326
Authors: Kavanagh
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-01-16 - Publisher: Rand Corporation

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Political and civil discourse in the United States is characterized by “Truth Decay,” defined as increasing disagreement about facts, a blurring of the line