(Post)truth and Knowledge from a Philosophical, Sociological and Communicative Point of View
(Post)truth and Knowledge from a Philosophical, Sociological and Communicative Point of View

Summary/Abstract: The article gives a review of the scientific conference ‘(Post)truth and Knowledge from a Philosophical, Sociological and Communicative Point of View’, held at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. The topics discussed in the conference were the following: truth and post-truth in Russia, human identity in the media, the problem of truth in Heidegger’s philosophy, the technological conditions for the possibility of post-truth, pedagogy in (post-)truth conditions, the ethics of disagreement and diplomacy and the variety of rationalities, political action in post-truth conditions, political ethos, post¬ truth manifestations in the media and in propaganda, the relationship between conspiracy theory and post-truth, the concept of post-truth through the prism of game phenomenology and other. The article presents the course of the conference and the main thoughts of speakers. The author of the text discusses some main ideas of the speakers of the conference.

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