Fact-checking as a persuasive dialogue

Vol.71,No.2(2024)

Eliška Míšková

https://doi.org/10.5817/SPh2024-2-3

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http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/digilib.81189

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Abstract
The aim of my paper is to provide a critique of fact-checking and to suggest modifications to the methodology to increase its epistemic relevance. First, I will present the current model of fact-checking as a branch of applied epistemology, its methodology and goals. Next, I will define and evaluate the epistemic characteristics of the fact-checking process modeled as a type of persuasive dialogue. To what extent should institutionalized fact-checking influence public trust in the claims being evaluated? What are the epistemological characteristics of the evaluation criteria of fact-checking? When are fact-checking criteria objective?

Keywords:
epistemology; fact-checking; fact; information; disinformation; objectivity; persuasion dialogue

Pages:
21
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