Böcker av Vincent F. Hendricks

The Ministry of Truth scrutinizes the information market in the era of the attention economy calling on citizens, public educators and politicians to action in averting the role of BigTech in critical infrastructure. Through phenomena such as influencers, ¿fake news¿, and covid conspiracies, the authors reveal how social platforms control facts, feelings and narratives in our time to such a degree that they are the de facto arbiters of truth. BigTech seemingly controls the information infrastructure and also decides what we pay attention to. The authors suggest hope for a more democratic internet through their systematic analysis of the largest players of the information age. The aim is to amplify human agency for a robust deliberative democracy ¿ not version 2.0 ¿ but a lasting version with staying power. This book appeals to the general interest reader and professional invested in the mobilization of responsible technological development.VincentF. Hendricks is Professor of Formal Philosophy at The University of Copenhagen. He is Director of the Center for Information and Bubble Studies (CIBS) funded by the Carlsberg Foundation.Camilla Mehlsen is Digital Media Expert and Spokesperson for the Danish child organization Children¿s Welfare. She is author of several books on digital literacy and her work on digital media has been published in various newspapers and magazines.

This open access book looks at how a democracy can devolve into a post-factual state. The media is being flooded by populist narratives, fake news, conspiracy theories and make-believe.

Every day logic surrounds us. Used and abused at cocktail parties and dinner functions, in friendly conversations and verbal feuds, in science, in thinking and reflecting, logic is s a tool of mind. It is the language of thought. Logic is very human and concerns us all, even if it is not always used by man. Logical Lyrics: from Philosophy to Poetics is a collection of citations and aphorisms from all sorts of people - from Napoleon bonarparte to Human League - expressing their embracing, critical and humorous views on logic and logical matters. "I found this collection utterly absorbing from beginning to end. It combines some very sagacious ideas with some choice bits that are delightfully funny." Raymond M. Smullyan, New York " "If I were you, I would buy this book". What does that mean? It means, "buy this book." Why does it mean that? Perhaps this book will help you understand. Or perhaps not, but it will certainly be entertaining reading in the meantime." Melvin C. Fitting, CUNY, New York Logical Lyrics is an independent follow-up to Feisty Fragments: For Philosophy

"hAS aNYONE sEEN MY cAPSLOCK kEY?" 500CC is a compilation of more than 500 citations on the experiences we have as computer users, abusers andInternet-cruisers---from rage and anger via joy, laughter and appreciationto despair and frustration.This volume completes Vincent F. Hendricks' trilogy of quotations including,besides 500CC: ComputerCitations, Feisty Fragments: For Philosophy, andLogical Lyrics: From Philosophy to Poetics.

Philosophers have had a way of sometimes obstructing the admirable endeavour of philosophy: To address the fundamental issues of human existence and the workings of nature. This obstruction is emphasized by suggesting rather odd and exotic prerequisites for solving a seemingly simple problem; a particular jargon in which no words occurring have less than seven syllables and by insane thought experiments. When the impenetrable jargon is paired up with ludicrous thought experiments and the philosopher at the same time continues to insist that he or she is addressing the fundamental problems of the human existence and condition, it begins to sound pretty much like the wizardry of Medieval alchemy. This is what Feisty Fragments echoes in words from Nietzsche to Einstein, from Catherine the Great to John F. Kennedy. Feisty Fragments is a collection of more than 250 quotations from people from all walks of life expressing their rather critical and often quite humorous takes on both philosophy and philosophers.

This detailed guide to navigating the bewildering superabundance of information in today's globalizing world draws on the latest work in philosophy and the social sciences to explore how information, and its misuse, can both support and undermine democracy.