Truth and Evidence: Nomos LXIV by Schwartzberg, Melissa

Truth and Evidence: Nomos LXIV (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781479811595)

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Format: Hardcover
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Truth and Evidence: Nomos LXIV by Schwartzberg, Melissa

Truth and Evidence: Nomos LXIV

$65.00
Truth and Evidence: Nomos LXIV by Schwartzberg, Melissa

Truth and Evidence: Nomos LXIV

$65.00
Format: Hardcover
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Explores the challenges of governing in a post-truth world

The 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.

Author: Melissa Schwartzberg
ISBN-10: 1479811599
ISBN-13: 9781479811595
Publisher: New York University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/30/2021
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d
By Melissa Schwartzberg
By Melissa Schwartzberg
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Melissa Schwartzberg (Editor)
Melissa Schwartzberg is Silver Professor of Politics at New York University. She is the author of Counting the Many: The Origins and Limits of Supermajority Rule and Democracy and Legal Change.

Philip Kitcher (Editor)
Philip Kitcher is the John Dewey Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Columbia University. He is the author of many books, including Science in a Democratic Society, and was awarded the Rescher Medal for contributions to systematic philosophy.

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