Die Wissenschaftstheorie versucht, die Grundlagen unseres Wis sens zu erforschen und den methodischen Gang wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnis zu rekonstruieren. Traditionell wird das Fundament der empirischen Wissensenschaften in der sinnlichen Erfahrung gesehen, weshalb sich die Wissenschaftstheorie bisher bevorzugt am Empiris mus orientiert hat. Allein, daB all unsere Erkenntnis mit der Erfah rung anfangt heiBt noch nicht, daB sie stets auf Erfahrung zurtick ftihrbar ist. Aus dies em Grund muBte in der Wissenschaftstheorie jene kopernikanische Wende erst noch vollzogen werden, die in der...

In a world in which more and more fake news is being spread, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish truth from lies, knowledge from opinion. Disinformation campaigns are not only perceived as a political problem, but the fake news debate is also about fundamental philosophical questions: What is truth? How can we recognize it? Is there such a thing as objective facts oris everything socially constructed? This book explains how echo chambers and alternative worldviews emerge, it blames post-factual thinking for the current truth crisis, and it shows how we can escape the threat...

The increase in fake news, the growing influence on elections, increasing false reports and targeted disinformation campaigns are not least a consequence of advancing digitalisation. Information technology is needed to put a stop to these undesirable developments. With intelligent algorithms and refined data analysis, fakes must be detected more quickly in the future and their spread prevented. However, in order to meaningfully recognize and filter fakes by means of artificial intelligence, it must be possible to distinguish fakes from facts, facts from fictions, and fictions from fakes. This...