On Distempers of Reasoning: How Fallacies [Covid]ized The Virtual World

Authors

  • Albert A. Garcia St. Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines Nueva Vizcaya State University- Bayombong Campus

Keywords:

reasoning, social media, pandemic, fake news

Abstract

If the COVID-19 pandemic has delivered anything to the humanity, it is change. The way things are and the way people look into these have been affected by this change. Different dimensions of society have felt this force and the way to survive this is to have an access to right information. Since face-to-face encounter is discouraged, the social media played a vital role in information dissemination. What could then be disseminated are not only the correct information but as well as its counterfeit; fake news is among these. This has caused faulty reasoning. To combat this inclination, logic as a branch of philosophy can be of help. Logic exposes these kinds of fallacies. This commences a probable cure for a ‘covidized’ reasoning. Following the Platonic route and doing away with shadows and reflections, this paper advances the pragmatic-utilitarian value of philosophy with the purpose of gaining insights for praxis, at least, in the virtual world which can be carried even beyond.

Author Biography

Albert A. Garcia, St. Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines Nueva Vizcaya State University- Bayombong Campus

Albert A. Garcia is a faculty member of the social sciences and humanities department who teaches Philosophy subjects. Theories of education, language, hermeneutics, and the self are among his interests. His recent publications navigate on a philosophy of the self and linguistic justice. He was a technical reviewer of the Commission on Higher Education-Institutional Development and Innovation Grants where he evaluated instructional modules for publication. He is a member of two Research Ethics Committees; one that is hospital-based, and the other that is academic in nature. He continues to indulge himself in Philosophy through education and research. He finished his academic requirements in PhD Philosophy program at Saint Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines. Recently, together with his colleagues in the social sciences and humanities department, he presented their research about the lived experiences of the contract of service employees.

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Published

2022-03-21

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020): THE JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY, POLICY-MAKING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION

Section

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