Melbourne based philosopher. Dianoia RIP. Senior Research Associate, African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, University of Johannesburg. Epistemology and ethics. #philsky #melbourne #democrats It ain't easy being blue .. more
Melbourne based philosopher. Dianoia RIP. Senior Research Associate, African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, University of Johannesburg. Epistemology and ethics. #philsky #melbourne #democrats It ain't easy being blue
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New paper on #disinformation. The title is the thesis. Think of disinformation as content that functions to optimise the decisions of the audience for the disinformant. This doesn't require deception or content that induces false belief.
philpapers.org/rec/LITDIF
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They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Them: (scrunch face) What’s that, like a conspiracy theorist?
Me: Maybe time for another another rebrand
(1) Disinformation as Degradation or Confirmation?
(2) Disinformation is Degradation, not Confirmation
(3) Disinformation is Pragmatic Degradation, not Confirmation
(4) Disinformation as the Degradation of the Value of Information, not Confirmation
Reposted by Clayton Littlejohn
TRUMP: “I would. I really would.”
Reposted by Clayton Littlejohn
TRUMP: “I would. I really would.”
MAAP: Melbourne Association for Analytic Philosophy
SPAM: Society for Philosophers Analytic in Melbourne
MAPS: Melbourne's Analytic Philosophy Society
Thoughts? Alternatives? Questions?
Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Clayton Littlejohn
