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On the post-truth as a lie
- Source :
- RUDN Journal of Philosophy, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 64-76 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, 2020.
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Abstract
- The value systems established by centuries have been reversed under the pressure of the political correctness. I intend to talk about a way of communicating and transmitting messages in the public space nowadays. I write about post-truth, arguing that it is a lie cosmeticized, hidden in a language that astounds and is supported by ideas that challenge not only refined intelligence, but also common sense. When I write the word truth, I do not consider the concept of truth, which philosophy strives to define it, but I refer to the instrumental truth, the objective truth with which we operate daily, the truth as a benchmark of stability. And I put this truth in relation to the lie. I offer some concrete examples from the last three decades, from different environments, about events or statements that have been the subject of scandals that have started from the claim of some people to present a lie as a truth. I also refer to the fact that there is a whole Neo-Marxist literature that nullifies the natural hierarchy of things, so that objective truth loses its value, becomes irrelevant, flexible, until it is despised, because it is the instrument of „the conservative” individual, the class enemy of the progressives.
- Subjects :
- Value (ethics)
Hierarchy
post-truth
media_common.quotation_subject
Subject (philosophy)
Class (philosophy)
Common sense
neo-marxism
Epistemology
Philosophy
Public space
political correctness
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Natural (music)
lie
Sociology
lcsh:Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
Relation (history of concept)
moral values
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 24088900 and 23132302
- Volume :
- 24
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- RUDN Journal of Philosophy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ea9faad0c7db6a0c6671ddf92dd64d64
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-2302-2020-24-1-64-76