How Do We Gain Knowledge and Beliefs?

Misinformation, propaganda and fake news don't spread themselves. If we have a problem of misinformation in the world, it means that we have a problem of people spreading misinformation because they lack the critical thinking skills to distinguish between reliable and unreliable information.

What are the correct and incorrect ways of figuring out what to believe? Is science reliable? How do we distinguish between real science and fake science? Are intuition, tradition or revelation reliable? How do we arrive at value judgments like right and wrong?

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Misinformation, propaganda and fake news don't spread themselves. If we have a problem of misinformation in the world, it means that we have a problem of people spreading misinformation because they lack the critical thinking skills to distinguish between reliable and unreliable information. What are the correct and incorrect ways of figuring out what to believe? Is science reliable? How do we distinguish between real science and fake science? Are intuition, tradition or revelation reliable? How do we arrive at value judgments like right and wrong?

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