Reality Lost

Vincent F. Hendricks is Professor of Formal Philosophy at The University of Copenhagen. He is Director of the Center for Information and Bubble Studies (CIBS) sponsored by the Carlsberg Foundation and has been was awarded a number of prizes for his research among them The Elite Research Prize by the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, The Roskilde Festival Elite Research Prize, Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title Award and The Rosenkjær Prize. He was Editor-in-Chief of Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science between 2005-2015. Mads Vestergaard (b. 1979) is PhD Fellow at Center for Information and Bubble Studies (CIBS), University of Copenhagen. He holds a M.A. in philosophy, and debates and communicates philosophy and social science in written press, radio and television. He has also applied philosophy in more untraditional contexts as art projects and satire.Translated from the Danish by Sara Høyrup / Hoyrup.biz - English language copy editing by Vincent F. Hendricks

• Chapter 1. Attention Economics.- Chapter 2. The News Market.- Chapter 3. Attention Speculation and Political Bubbles.- Chapter 4. Alternative Facts, Misinformation, and Fake News.- Chapter 5. Fact Resistance, Populism, and Conspiracy Theory.- Chapter 6. The Post-Factual Democracy.