Performative contradictions aren't acceptable Sand...
Saying that "X" has never not been the case is to say that "X" has always been the case. When one says either, and then says that "X" is not the case, it is a performative contradiction.
No. What I call a post truth world was not captured in the quote.
The post truth world is - on my view - a consequence of very few folk knowing what sorts of things can be true and what makes them so, and that has very very far reaching consequences(it underwrites everything about politics), not to mention that it goes against a sense of universal trust in others that we all must have in order to acquire language.
We're not in a Post-Truth world..."
...conflicts with this claim...
"It has never not been the case that a post truth world..."
The post truth world is - on my view - a consequence of very few folk knowing what sorts of things can be true and what makes them so, and that has very very far reaching consequences(it underwrites everything about politics), not to mention that it goes against a sense of universal trust in others that we all must have in order to acquire language.
The post truth world is - on my view - a consequence of very few folk knowing what sorts of things can be true and what makes them so, and that has very very far reaching consequences(it underwrites everything about politics), not to mention that it goes against a sense of universal trust in others that we all must have in order to acquire language.
...I think you'll agree that difficulty ascertaining the truth is a separate issue from failing to value truth.
...difficulty ascertaining the truth is a separate issue from failing to value truth...
You wrote:
Trump was... ...taking advantage of a democracy the way his kind have been known to do for thousands of years.
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