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What’s the point of knowledge in this post-truth era?

What’s the point of knowledge in this post-truth era?

by Talking Humanities | May 29, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Philosophy, Politics & Law

‘All men by nature desire to know,’ wrote Aristotle. But in this post-truth era where fake news abounds, emotions trump facts, and the truth has allegedly ceased to matter, we might wonder, says Dr Michael Hannon, how important is knowledge in daily life. Even...

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