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English
Description
We live in a time when the very idea of objective truth is mocked and discounted by the occupants of the White House. Discredited conspiracy theories and ideologies have resurfaced, proven science is once more up for debate, and Russian propaganda floods our screens. The wisdom of the crowd has usurped research and expertise, and we are each left clinging to the beliefs that best confirm our biases. How did truth become an endangered species in contemporary...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Jonathan Rauch reaches back to the parallel eighteenth-century developments of liberal democracy and science to explain what he calls the "Constitution of Knowledge"--our social system for turning disagreement into truth. He arms listeners with actionable steps to enable every American to help defend objective truth against the multifront challenge to our ability to distinguish fact from fiction.