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15Truthiness, Self-Deception, and Intuitive KnowledgeIn Jason Holt (ed.), The Daily Show and Philosophy: Moments of Zen in the Art of Fake News, . pp. 227-239. 2007.Analysis of Stephen Colbert's notion of 'truthiness' and its connection to epistemic irrationality and self-deception.
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14Irrationality and “Gut” ReasoningIn The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy, Wiley. 2013.Jon Stewart's continued criticism of the inconsistency and irrationality of the American media, the notion of truthiness has relevance for any fan of The Daily Show. This chapter looks a little bit more closely at two notions of truthiness. Focusing on the first sense, it draws some parallels between truthiness and paradigm cases of motivated epistemic irrationality like wishful thinking and self‐deception. Then, it turns to the second sense to see if relying on our guts in the way Colbert sugge…Read more
Amber L. Griffioen
Duke Kunshan University
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Duke Kunshan UniversityVisiting Associate Professor of Philosophy
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Religion |
Value Theory |
History of Western Philosophy |