At a time when individual perspectives and social justice are emphasized in society, one faith leader is stressing the importance not of each person's own truth — but of the truth. Jeff Myers, PhD, of ...
Is Donald Trump a “dictator”? Did the events of Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, DC, constitute an “insurgency”? Is Joe Biden “sharp as a tack”? Is the science of climate change “settled”? Are Javier ...
Political theorists, philosophers of social science, pundits, and the media are essentially right to say that we live in a "post-truth" society, even world. This viewpoint has been associated with ...
Some secular journalists are now identifying our contemporary world as the “Post-Truth Era.” This description is not simply hyperbole, but it does point to a condition that has many people concerned.
CNN host Fareed Zakaria said former President Donald Trump has attacked the core of "Western Enlightenment" by creating a "post-truth society" where there are no such things as truth and facts in an ...
The Iranian government’s lie about the Ukrainian passenger plane fits in with a global dilemma: how to navigate a post-truth world. Michel Martin delves into that conundrum with Lee McIntyre, whose ...
We are supposed to live in a post-truth world — I have said so myself, and more than once. What does that mean? Basically, that trust in our interpreters of truth — the elites, the mediating class, ...
“To love truth for truth’s sake is the principal part of humane perfection in this world,” he wrote, “and the seed plot of all other virtues.” This idea was the motive force behind Locke’s lifelong ...
As the power of speech reverberates with increasing speed over the internet, ever-expanding social media networks — which have undoubtedly brought together people from across the world in ...