This is video 35 in an introductory course on epistemology, the philosophy of knowledge. In this video, we look at the phenomenon of post-truth politics, zooming in on the analysis of my Leiden colleague Frank Chouraqui. According to Chouraqui, we can only understand the effectiveness of post-truth politics once we see that the followers of post-truth politician are driven to action not by beliefs -- since belief and truth play no role -- but by saturated attention. This has radical implications for how we can combat such politics.
Victor Gijsbers teaches philosophy at Leiden University in the Netherlands. You can follow him on mastodon: @victorgijsbers@mastodon.gamedev.place.
This video is part of a lecture series originally recorded for my students during the 2023/2024 spring semester. The entire playlist is here: • Course in Epistemology
9 июн 2024