Post-Truth and Richard Rorty

Abstract

Post-truth has recently been defined as the deliberate manipulation of a reality in order to influence public opinion and social attitudes. Simultaneously, this idea has been assimilated with post-metaphysical discourses such as that of Richard Rorty.

This article aims to clarify  Richard Rorty's conception of truth and address the erroneous association of his postmodern thought with the emergence of post-truth and address the erroneous association of this postmodern thought with the emergence of post-truth in contemporary political discourse. Although post-truth has been linked to the philosophy of contemporary postmodern authors such as Rorty, it is important to note that this association lacks foundation. Rorty did not directly address the concept of post-truth in his work, and while his postmodern focus on the contingency of language and the social construction of reality may have implications in the political sphere, it is not appropriate to reduce his philosophy to a theoretical endorsement of post-truth.