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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Falsehoods"”.
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The Productive Roles of Falsehoods In Science
<p>The use of falsehoods is a common, if rarely recognized, part of many good scientific practices. In many cases, there is no mystery behind the use of a falsehood. For instance, when scientists approximate some physical value - say, that an electron has a charge of exactly 1.6EE-19 coulombs, …
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Truth goggles : automatic incorporation of context and primary source for a critical media experience
Falsehoods come in many forms. Politicians and advertisers make false claims, newsrooms and bloggers make mistakes, and the ease of publication and sharing makes it easy for even the most incredible theories to quickly spread. The risk of interpreting fiction as truth is significant and it is only …
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Controlling Bodies: Mothers, Adolescents, and Bad Advice
… bringing to light inconsistencies or down-right falsehoods present in obesity research. While researchers in this field have importantly uncovered many myths surrounding obesity and overweight, examinations of the rhetorical strategies used to approve potentially dangerous weight loss or weight …
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Truth, Knowledge, and the Value of False Belief in Plato
… that lack philosophical understanding, some falsehoods can help sustain these crucial normative commitments. I argue that this is how the Noble Lie and the Preludes work in the Republic and the Laws, respectively. Second, there are some questions that outstrip our ability to answer them with …
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Adaptive Intuitions in Complex Media Environments Shape Belief in Misinformation
… in turn has been shown to increase belief in falsehoods. Here, I propose that this apparently irrational behavior may actually result from ecologically rational adaptations to complex environments. In a large survey experiment, I test whether intuitive belief in misinformation may result from …
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“WELL, I’VE WHISPERED ‘RACISM’ IN A POST-RACIAL WORLD”: SATIRE AND THE ABSURDITY OF “POST-RACIAL” AMERICA
… of satirical targets that all relate to the falsehoods of post-racialism. In the first chapter, I analyze the ways in which Get Out and The Sellout address the covert nature of white supremacy in contemporary America. The second chapter covers all four artists’ satirical visions of the ways …
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The (ir)relevance of truth to rationality
… reasons –– even when agents act in the light of falsehoods. Fourth, there are very few (if any) formal rules or principles constraining the explanatory role of reasons. Any action explanation that specifies the content of the reason for acting has reserved a legitimate explanatory role for the …
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The role of the state in re/constructing the 1973 war discourse in Egypt
… hard evidence that it relied on intentional falsehoods.
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Multi-Stage LLM Reasoning for Automated Detection and Classification of High-Impact Misinformation
… suggests the problem lies elsewhere: overt falsehoods (“vaccines contain microchips”) can carry little harm, while technically accurate but decontextualized narratives can be more influential. Allen et al. (2024) [4] found that factually accurate ”vaccine-skeptical” content had a much …
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The Social Cognition of Misinformation and Implications for Psychological Interventions
… informed decision-making. From political falsehoods to health-related conspiracies, the pervasive spread of misleading information has far-reaching consequences. While much research on misinformation susceptibility has focused on cognitive factors - such as reasoning ability or analytical …
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The idea of mimesis: Semblance, play, and critique in the works of Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno
… present historical constellation, exposing the falsehoods involved in, for instance, the harmony of traditional beauty, or the triumphalism and sovereignty of the traditional sublime, I argue that mimesis not only marks an indispensable moment in the dynamic movement of critique, it also brings …
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Narratives of Hostility and Survivance in Multiethnic American Literature, 1850-1903
… in their literary texts in order to debunk the falsehoods perpetuated by the numerous Anglo publishers at the time, but also through the re-telling of events as minority groups saw and experienced them. In turn, I argue each text works to challenge Anglo readers' apathy and willing acceptance of …
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Author and Authorship in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman: Willy Loman's Attempts to Author a Nostalgic, Fictitious Past Lead to His Downfall, While Linda Loman’s Miller-Authored Warnings Fall on Willy’s Ever-Deaf Ears
<p>Throughout the 20th century, the American male protagonist’s obsession with and longing for a past that never existed brings about his own downfall. In <em>Death of a Salesman, </em>by Arthur Miller,<em> </em>Willy Loman nostalgically fantasizes about a bygone era, the pre-war days of glory and …