What Happened To Truth? (John Hooker) NEW


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"Truth decay'" in public discourse is part of a general decline of Enlightenment values since the founding of our republic 250 years ago.  The course briefly traces this intellectual history, in an attempt to understand how we got here and what we can do about it. It begins with Enlightenment thinkers Jefferson, Locke, and Kant, and briefly recounts later developments that eventually led to the normalization of lies and misinformation. These include romanticism and the French Revolution; positivism and the Vienna Circle; religious fundamentalism; the reaction of Frankfurt School philosophers to the Holocaust; critical theory and its influence on critical race theory and identity politics; postmodernists Foucault, Lyotard, Derrida, and Rorty; and the role of electronic media and science denialism in our day. It concludes by asking whether the American experiment in democracy, predicated on enlightenment values, can survive their decline. 

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Class Details

3 Session(s)
Weekly - Wed

Location
Cyert Hall

Instructor
John Hooker 

Rental Charge: 

$0.00

Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
4/8/2026 - 4/22/2026 Weekly - Wed 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM CMU Campus, Cyert Hall  Map, Room: Osher Room B John Hooker 

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