Truth and Evidence : : NOMOS LXIV / / ed. by Philip Kitcher, Melissa Schwartzberg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• MitwirkendeR: Bolinger, Renée Jorgensen,; Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler,; Harcourt, Bernard E.,; Kitcher, Philip,; Lynch, Michael Patrick,; Misak, Cheryl,; Rose, Jasmine B. Gonzales,; Saks, Michael J.,; Schwartzberg, Melissa,; Sides, John,; Stanley, Jason,
• HerausgeberIn: Kitcher, Philip,; Schwartzberg, Melissa,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy ; 36
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Explores the challenges of governing in a post-truth worldThe relationship between truth and politics has rarely seemed more troubled, with misinformation on the rise, and the value of expertise in democratic decision-making increasingly being dismissed. In Truth and Evidence, the latest installment in the NOMOS series, Melissa Schwartzberg and Philip Kitcher bring together a distinguished group of interdisciplinary scholars in political science, law, and philosophy to explore the most pressing questions about the role of truth, evidence, and knowledge in government. In nine timely essays, contributors examine what constitutes political knowledge, who counts as an expert, how we should weigh evidence, and what can be done to address deep disinformation. Together, they address urgent questions such as what facts we require to confront challenges like COVID-19; what it means to #BelieveWomen; and how white supremacy shapes the law of evidence. Essential reading for our fraught political moment, Truth and Evidence considers the importance of truth in the face of widespread efforts to turn it into yet another tool of political power.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- NOMOS -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: THE VALUE OF TRUTH FOR DEMOCRACY -- 1. Truth as a Democratic Value -- 2. Response to Michael Patrick Lynch’s “Truth as a Democratic Value” -- 3. Pursuit of Truth Is a Steep and Thorny, Uphill Battle -- PART II: EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONIAL BELIEF: -- 4. #BelieveWomen and the Presumption of Innocence: Clarifying the Questions for Law and Life -- 5. #BelieveWomen and the Ethics of Belief -- PART III: SHOULD WE SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER? -- 6. Post- Truth -- 7. Nothing Scoundrelous about Truth -- 8. Response to Bernard E. Harcourt’s “Post- Truth” -- 9. Democratic Lies and Fascist Lies -- Index