I believe our democracy is under tremendous stress that is challenging our belief in E Pluribus Unum, out of many one. There are many issues, but the one that concerns me most in this essay is what I call our post-truth infosphere. I will focus on two issues that confront us in what could be called the infosphere. The first issue is the technological changes that have resulted in a flood of information presented to us daily, and how this affects how we see the world and our fellow beings. The second issue is the weakness of our psyches that encourages us to believe certain things that are false and often harmful, and to mistrust science. Given these issues and others for sure, I describe us in an infosphere characterized as post-truth. How do we operate in this sphere as citizens? I will discuss two ways we can move forward. One is taking a view of information as ontological or as a being, and recognizing information given to us as indicative of what is out there, and thus, like in environmental ethics, we can assess it holistically as either good or bad, sufficient or deficient. Second, it is how we not just as philosophers of education whom we all are in some respect, but as citizens in our societies respond to these challenges that confront us daily in schools and in society.

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How Do We Fight for Democracy in a Post-Truth Infosphere?

  • A. G. Rud

摘要

I believe our democracy is under tremendous stress that is challenging our belief in E Pluribus Unum, out of many one. There are many issues, but the one that concerns me most in this essay is what I call our post-truth infosphere. I will focus on two issues that confront us in what could be called the infosphere. The first issue is the technological changes that have resulted in a flood of information presented to us daily, and how this affects how we see the world and our fellow beings. The second issue is the weakness of our psyches that encourages us to believe certain things that are false and often harmful, and to mistrust science. Given these issues and others for sure, I describe us in an infosphere characterized as post-truth. How do we operate in this sphere as citizens? I will discuss two ways we can move forward. One is taking a view of information as ontological or as a being, and recognizing information given to us as indicative of what is out there, and thus, like in environmental ethics, we can assess it holistically as either good or bad, sufficient or deficient. Second, it is how we not just as philosophers of education whom we all are in some respect, but as citizens in our societies respond to these challenges that confront us daily in schools and in society.