This course will explore the ways that politically relevant knowledge is produced, consumed, evaluated, and acted upon. We will confront the challenges of obtaining adequate, balanced, and reliable knowledge about public affairs. We will further discuss how laypeople, experts, and institutions can operate responsibly to achieve a healthy state of public knowledge and discourse surrounding it.
This course will explore the ways that politically relevant knowledge is produced, consumed, evaluated, and acted upon. We will confront the challenges of obtaining adequate, balanced, and reliable knowledge about public affairs. We will further discuss how laypeople, experts, and institutions can operate responsibly to achieve a healthy state of public knowledge and discourse surrounding it.
