Claiming a right to determine reality by mere say-so is becoming increasingly commonplace, but we should never get used to it.
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How some evangelicals use spiritual warfare to interpret the presidency of Donald Trump.
As cities have shut down and residential compounds have issued curfews, social media in China have become more important than ever. But it is a place of rumours and mistruths.
Post-truth questions the very nature of truth itself – that’s why it’s so dangerous.
Information warfare has gone global. Here are some recent campaigns, and a couple of ideas about how to fight back.
The origins of the post-truth age date back decades, but the real world is now fast fading from view.
What’s the role of someone who, like
Robert Mueller, speaks only facts in a tornado of partisan bombast? Is it a breath of fresh air or an abdication of responsibility to protect America’s interests?
More democratic forms of politics, journalism and fact-checking will be needed when we can no longer trust any video footage.
Three philosophers put up a booth at the entrance to a New York City subway, so people could come to them with questions. They got hit with some real zingers.
Any amateur politician can engage in lying. President Donald Trump is going further than that. He’s engaging in ‘post-truth’.
South Africans have a right to know why the lapses at Sunday Times occurred and why those that spoke up against them were silenced.
Will we soon no longer be able to discern which videos are real and which are fake?
A psychologist explains what can happen to individuals and societies that lose their grip on the truth.
The ideals of liberal democracies are under threat – and not just in the US and Russia.
Fake news is not new, but it is inevitable and inescapable - which is why we need uncomfortable, critical and truthful journalism to prevail.
It’s time to (do more than) talk about knowledge. Universities must take leadership in helping develop students capacity to recognise different kinds of knowledge and work flexibly.
The best defence against post-truth politics is not ‘the truth’. Democracy should resist the political tyranny of claims to some immutable truth as a basis for governing the lives of others.
Creaky crazy old leader, misdirection at every turn – is this beginning to sound familiar?
As Orwell knew only too well, if the concept of objective truth is moved into the dustbin of history there can be no lies. And if there are no lies there can be no justice, no rights and no wrongs.
Will the arrival and popularity of Oculus Go and other VR systems make us think differently about alternative realities and so-called alternative facts?
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Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University
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Principal Lecturer in Journalism, Humanities and Creative Industries, University of East London
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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Open Evidence Research, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
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Professor of Politics, University of Sydney
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Director, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto
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Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW's Grand Challenges Program, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Research Assistant Professor, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
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Director Sydney Environment Institute and Professor of Environmental Politics, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of International Relations, University of Sydney
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Vice-Chancellor, Western Sydney University
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Senior Research Fellow in Integrated Sustainability Analysis, School of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney
