Cailin O’Connor is associate professor of logic and philosophy of science at the University of California, Irvine. James Owen Weatherall is professor of logic and philosophy of science at the University of California, Irvine, and author of the New York Times best-seller The Physics of Wall Street. Both are members of the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Science. They reside in California.
“Methodical and earnest.”—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times
“The Misinformation Age covers big subjects like truth and the fate
of the species” —Jennifer Szalai, International New York Times
“The Misinformation Age fills an important void in the literature
on misinformation . . . a valuable aid to anyone concerned with the
alarmingly increasing prevalence of misinformation and
polarization.”—Davis Kuykendall, History and Philosophy of the Life
Sciences
“An important book for an era of weaponized information.”—George
Musser, contributing editor, Scientific American and Nautilus
"Fake news has revealed a dark side of networks: an almost
unstoppable ability to spread false and misleading information,
changing people's perception of reality and shaking the political
establishment. The Misinformation Age is a timely, engaging
narrative of how this happened and how the mix of fake news and
networks is changing our world."—Albert-László Barabási, author of
Linked: The New Science of Networks
"In this perilous moment—when knowledge is powerfully eroded by new
and effective campaigns of misinformation—O’Connor and Weatherall
offer a critically important philosophical defense of evidence,
facts, and above all, the truth."—Allan M. Brandt, Harvard
University
“The Misinformation Age is the best book I've read on why the
fake-news epidemic is afflicting us and what we can do about
it. It offers in-depth reporting and
provocative analysis delivered in lively prose, a
rare combination.”—John Horgan, director of the Center for
Science Writings, Stevens Institute of Technology
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