Post-Truth Epistemology

Zoglauer, Thomas

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-39942-9_2

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“…In a world where fake news is increasingly prevalent, it is becoming more difficult to distinguish truth from lies and knowledge from opinion. To describe the sociopolitical environment where subjective opinions and emotions often carry more weight than objective facts in shaping public discourse and decision making, terms like "post-truth" or "alternative facts" are commonly used (Macdonald 2018;McIntyre 2018;Zoglauer 2023). However, this terminology can be misleading and fails to reveal the severity of the issue.…”

Section: Discriminating Mind and Language In Polarizationmentioning

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The East Asian Mahāyāna Teaching of the One Mind and Its Implications in a Polarized World

Kang

2023

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This paper addresses the problem of polarization, which is considered one of the most pressing issues facing humanity, from the perspective of Mahāyāna Buddhism, specifically, the East Asian Buddhist teaching of the One Mind. The teaching is outlined in the Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith (Dasheng qixin lun), a significant text in East Asian Buddhism. The paper suggests that the One Mind teaching can help counteract the deluded and polarized mind, which seems inevitable due to the human condition but gives rise to polarization. We have the potential to move from delusion to awakening, since these two mental states are not separate from each other. By awakening to the One Mind, which is the common foundation of equality and interconnectedness of all sentient beings, we can return to our original still and pure mind that is capable of seeing the reality beyond the discriminating, prioritizing, and repressing mind, which has no intrinsic self-nature. Thus, the solution to the problem of so-called “post-truth”, epistemic bubbles, and echo chambers lies in cultivating mindfulness and awareness of the mind as well as recognizing the fundamental interconnectedness of all beings through the One Mind.

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Section: Discriminating Mind and Language In Polarizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The East Asian Mahāyāna Teaching of the One Mind and Its Implications in a Polarized World

Kang

2023

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Post-Truth Epistemology

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The East Asian Mahāyāna Teaching of the One Mind and Its Implications in a Polarized World

The East Asian Mahāyāna Teaching of the One Mind and Its Implications in a Polarized World

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