non-contradiction and logical fallacies can help inoculate against so much bullshit.
That’s exactly why its not taught.
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Zozano@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Epistemology should be taught in primary school.
I mean that unironically. Learning about simple principles like non-contradiction and logical fallacies can help inoculate against so much bullshit.
With AI distorting the internet in every capacity, virtually everyone needs a new norm of evaluating knowledge.
undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
It should be part of a rhetoric program. I didn’t learn anything in English class after the 3rd grade. Granted, I was considered gifted, but you have a lot of slack to put in philosophical foundations and logic.
geoff@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I have taught my children Epistemology for this reason. It is THE key skill in the disinformation age.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 months ago
Epistemology, Logic, and Data Literacy fite me