Prof. Alex David Carter, PhD. on “Wittgenstein and Post-Truth”
Day 2 of the UPD-Cambridge Lecture Series
April 9, 2024 (4PM-6PM) – online via ZOOM and Facebook livestream
Abstract:
In this talk, Alex Carter, Ph.D. introduces a Wittgensteinian Analysis of Post-Truth: as a Cynical Appeal to Non-Rationality. Starting with a rejection of the claim that Post-Truth is “mere lying”, Alex consideres Harry Frankfurt’s (1984) prescient discussion of “bullshit”. Alex goes on to consider a potential defense of Post-Truth practices in Wittgenstein’s claim that “explanations come to an end somewhere”. However, Alex concludes that Wittgenstein’s account of non-rationality does not permit explanations being brought to an end anywhere.
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