The phenomenon of post-truth poses a problem for the public
policy-oriented sciences, including policy analysis. Along with
"fake news," the post-truth denial of facts constitutes a major
concern for numerous policy fields. Whereas a standard response is
to call for more and better factual information, this Element shows
that the effort to understand this phenomenon has to go beyond the
emphasis on facts to include an understanding of the social
meanings that get attached to facts in the political world of
public policy. The challenge is thus seen to be as much about a
politics of meaning as it is about epistemology. The analysis here
supplements the examination of facts with an interpretive
policy-analytic approach to gain a fuller understanding of
post-truth. The importance of the interpretive perspective is
illustrated by examining the policy arguments that have shaped
policy controversies related to climate change and coronavirus
denial.
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