Required Texts
- Thank You for Arguing, Jay Heinrichs, (Norton, 2017) (ISBN: 978-0804189934)
- Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, (Farrar, Straus, and Girioux, 2011) (ISBN: 978-0374533557)
- 1984, George Orwell, (Signet Classic, 1961) (ISBN: 978-0451524935)
- Other readings and viewings will be made available on iCollege. These must be with you either in print or digital form in class. Some of these texts include:
- Summary Page from Truth Decay: An Initial Exploration of the Diminishing Role of Facts and Analysis in American Public Life, Jennifer Kavanagh and Michael D. Rich, Rand Corporation
- “Scientists Dissect the Psychology of Truthiness,” Travis Riddle, Scientific American
- “The Paranoid Style in American Politics,” The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Richard Hofstadte
- “On Bullshit,” Harry Frankfurt
- “How Honest are People on Social Media, “Cortney S. Warren, Psychology Today
- “A Theory” from Assholes: A Theory, Aaron James
- “Why the Online Trolls Troll,” Jesse Fox, Psychology Today
- “The Paranoid Style in American Politics,” The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Richard Hofstadter
- “Blue Feed, Red Feed,” Wall Street Journal
- “Truth and Lie in a Non-Moral Sense,” Friedrich Nietzsche
- Excerpts from Why Buddhism is True, Robert Wright