Untrol: Post-Truth and the New Normal of Post-Normal Science

The idea that there exists a natural relationship between intellectual freedom, legitimate political authority and enjoyment of a dignified life was central to the European Enlightenment and to the radical social change it inspired. This normative claim was rooted in an epistemological proposition:...

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2020
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https://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2019.1706117
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23304
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Epistemological complexity
European enlightenment
Post-normal science
The anthropocene
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spelling 286e6291-8025-4d92-be6b-c535a0221ae6-12020-05-26T00:01:02Z2020-05-26T00:01:02Z2020The idea that there exists a natural relationship between intellectual freedom, legitimate political authority and enjoyment of a dignified life was central to the European Enlightenment and to the radical social change it inspired. This normative claim was rooted in an epistemological proposition: truth is not revealed in private to a select few but discovered in public, through observation, dialogue and critique. Material transformations associated with that proposition have since literally changed the face of the earth. While the materially transformative potential of this proposition has been realized across the planet, its social justice implications have not. This leaves an underdetermined space in democratic discourse: fact claims are treated as apolitical, while the causes and consequences of the Anthropocene are uncertain and values regarding its importance polarised, rendering that status obsolete. In addition to contributing toward understanding human-environment relationships, fact now also serve to destabilize political discourse. Their instrumentalization exerts control in the absence of normative intention, ‘untrol’: truth claims matter not only because they call the moral subject to action but also because they can proffer political standing. Humbly embracing the epistemological complexity of the Anthropocene through Eagleton’s posture of ‘hope without optimism’ is proposed as an antidote. © 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor and Francis Group.application/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2019.17061170269172814645297https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23304engRoutledgeSocial EpistemologySocial Epistemology, ISSN:02691728, 14645297,(2020)https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85078444604&doi=10.1080%2f02691728.2019.1706117&partnerID=40&md5=2f1859285519a5854db68dc3cfc14dcbAbierto (Texto Completo)http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2instname:Universidad del Rosarioreponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocUREpistemological complexityEuropean enlightenmentPost-normal scienceThe anthropoceneUntrol: Post-Truth and the New Normal of Post-Normal SciencearticleArtículohttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Farrell, Katharine N.10336/23304oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/233042022-05-02 07:37:14.585813https://repository.urosario.edu.coRepositorio institucional EdocURedocur@urosario.edu.co
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title Untrol: Post-Truth and the New Normal of Post-Normal Science
spellingShingle Untrol: Post-Truth and the New Normal of Post-Normal Science
Epistemological complexity
European enlightenment
Post-normal science
The anthropocene
title_short Untrol: Post-Truth and the New Normal of Post-Normal Science
title_full Untrol: Post-Truth and the New Normal of Post-Normal Science
title_fullStr Untrol: Post-Truth and the New Normal of Post-Normal Science
title_full_unstemmed Untrol: Post-Truth and the New Normal of Post-Normal Science
title_sort Untrol: Post-Truth and the New Normal of Post-Normal Science
dc.subject.keyword.spa.fl_str_mv Epistemological complexity
European enlightenment
Post-normal science
The anthropocene
topic Epistemological complexity
European enlightenment
Post-normal science
The anthropocene
description The idea that there exists a natural relationship between intellectual freedom, legitimate political authority and enjoyment of a dignified life was central to the European Enlightenment and to the radical social change it inspired. This normative claim was rooted in an epistemological proposition: truth is not revealed in private to a select few but discovered in public, through observation, dialogue and critique. Material transformations associated with that proposition have since literally changed the face of the earth. While the materially transformative potential of this proposition has been realized across the planet, its social justice implications have not. This leaves an underdetermined space in democratic discourse: fact claims are treated as apolitical, while the causes and consequences of the Anthropocene are uncertain and values regarding its importance polarised, rendering that status obsolete. In addition to contributing toward understanding human-environment relationships, fact now also serve to destabilize political discourse. Their instrumentalization exerts control in the absence of normative intention, ‘untrol’: truth claims matter not only because they call the moral subject to action but also because they can proffer political standing. Humbly embracing the epistemological complexity of the Anthropocene through Eagleton’s posture of ‘hope without optimism’ is proposed as an antidote. © 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor and Francis Group.
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