VIDEO GRABACIÓN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdID_BFJvY8 Las fake news son algo antiguo y se han dado en diferentes ámbitos. Es difícil establecer una definición. En principio, la idea de falsedad parece ser una de sus características más importantes. Habrá que entender provisionalmente que son fake news aquellas noticias falsas que causan o son capaces de causar un daño social, no las falsedades que son inocuas o irrelevantes. Esta falsedad puede producirse o bien por un … [Read more...]

Chris Skowroński                         Lachs' The Cost of Comfort[1] in Light of Stoic Pragmatism A major portion of John Lachs' philosophical output has been dedicated to the ethical aspects of social practice, to the good life, first and foremost. As a representative of the philosophical tradition of American pragmatism, he criticizes much of its past for assuming a too … [Read more...]

What is Stoic Pragmatism? Stoic pragmatism, a term coined and promoted by John Lachs, is a theory and practice of the good life both in social and individual contexts. It uses, as its two main sources for inspiration, American pragmatism (including Santayana, whose links with pragmatism are detectable at some points) and the ethics of Stoicism in conviction that such a combination "provides a better attitude to life than either of the two views alone" (Lachs 2012, 42). Stoic pragmatism … [Read more...]