Democracia e investigación en la era de la postverdad: Una solución pragmatista
Resumen
La posverdad se ha convertido en una estrategia común. En este contexto, los hechos objetivos ya no son la fuente de donde extraer la evidencia y el conocimiento científico ha pasado a tener el mismo valor que las emociones o las creencias personales. En este artículo se pretende mostrar que la posverdad constituye un espacio donde quien profiere una afirmación y quien la recibe no se preocupan por el valor de verdad de la aserción o sobre cuál es la mejor manera de cosechar la evidencia en favor de tal aseveración. Estas actitudes alimentan diferentes problemas en lo que respecta a cómo el relativismo puede influir negativamente en las democracias contemporáneas. Se analizará el uso del término «posverdad» por parte de Steve Fuller, especialmente en el énfasis que pone en las connotaciones políticas de lo que él entiende por democratización epistémica. En cambio, en contradicción con lo que este autor propone, se sugerirá un defensa pragmatista de la verdad y un significado alternativo de la democracia epistémica.
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