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  • People
    • Members of CEPPA
    • Professorial Fellows
    • Postgraduate Members
    • CEPPA Advisory Committee
  • Projects
    • Climate Ethics
    • Philosophy of Climate Science
    • Health and Medicine
    • The Future of Work and Income
    • Effective Altruism
    • Knowledge, Democracy, and Public Discourse
    • Human Rights and Global Justice
    • Blame and Responsibility
    • Virtue and Character
    • Past projects
      • Philosophy and Education
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Reading Groups
    • Past CEPPA Talks
    • Knox Lectures 
    • The Ethics Cup
  • Outputs
    • St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs
    • CEPPA Chats
    • Haldane Prize

Philosophers on the General Election

May 16, 2017 by Theron Pummer

In a 2017 issue of The Philosopher’s Magazine, Alexander Douglas asks why we’re taken in by meaningless catchphrases, and Katherine Hawley investigates why it matters when we’re given misleading statistics.

 

 

Categories Commentaries, Knowledge, Democracy and Public Discourse, Research Projects Tags Alexander Douglas, Katherine Hawley, Politics

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