Lynch makes an eloquent case for the importance of truth as a core but increasingly tenuous democratic value.

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Michael Lynch’s On Truth in Politics: Why Democracy Demands It defends both a pluralist account of truth and the importance of truth to our ...

Listen now | In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Michael P.

Listen now | In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Michael P.

Michael Patrick Lynch's On Truth in Politics explores different philosophical interpretations of truth and argues that truth is essential to democracy.

Michael Patrick Lynch's On Truth in Politics explores different philosophical interpretations of truth and argues that truth is essential to democracy.

New on the podcast: Do any of us really care about truth when it comes to politics? Should we? Michael Patrick Lynch explains. Listen now.

Convictions are integral to our identity, which is why they so rarely change. We should all beware of mistaking our tribal values for our reasoned beliefs, warns philosopher Michael Lynch.

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Opponents say a bill to end “ideological bias” in higher education would amount to a damaging takeover of public institutions, with nationwide implications.

“At no time in history have words meant so little as they do today,” declared the philosopher John Dewey in 1941. Dewey, who at the time was one of America’s preeminent public intellectuals, was…

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An analysis of how attacks on truth and evidence-based institutions threaten democratic life amid rising authoritarianism in the United States.

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An analysis of how attacks on truth and evidence-based institutions threaten democratic life amid rising authoritarianism in the United States.

“At no time in history have words meant so little as they do today,” declared the philosopher John Dewey in 1941. Dewey, who at the time was one of America’s preeminent public intellectuals, was worri...

Merwil Gutiérrez had no criminal record when ICE agents detained the 19-year-old outside his home. Now his father, Wilmer, is still searching for answers.

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When truth becomes a casualty of political warfare, democracy suffers. What happens when citizens can no longer distinguish truth from falsehood?

The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales, which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding authoritarians in public and political life. Bec...