This paper contributes to the growing literature in social epistemology of diagnosing the
epistemically problematic features of fake news. I identify two novel problems: the problem of …

The dissemination and control of information are indispensable ingredients of violent
conflict, with all parties involved in a conflict or at war seeking to frame the discussion on …

Fake news can foster political polarization, foment division between groups, and encourage
malicious behavior. Misinformation has cast doubt on the integrity of democratic elections …

In this chapter, I want to face the phenomenon of fake news by raising two questions, the first
concerning the nature of fake news; the second addressing the issue from the viewpoint of …

Psychologists, economists, historians, computer scientists, sociologists, philosophers, and
legal scholars explore the conscious choice not to seek information. The history of …

There is abundant evidence that most people, often in spite of their conscious beliefs, values
and attitudes, have implicit biases.'Implicit bias' is a term of art referring to evaluations of …

This paper supplies a compact synthesis of the empirical literature on misconceptions of and
misinformation about decision-relevant science. The incidence and impact of …

In our “post-truth” era, misinformation spreads not only because people believe falsehoods,
but also because people sometimes give dishonesty a moral pass. The present research …

▪ Abstract The latter half of this century has seen an erosion in the perceived legitimacy of
science as an impartial means of finding truth. Many research topics are the subject of highly …

The recent controversy about misinformation has moved a question into the focus of the
public eye that has occupied philosophers for decades: Under what conditions is it …