Conference: "The illusion of the self-evident"

"Rhetoric and Pragmatics of the Strategic Use of Truth and Reliability in Times of Political and Social Crisis."

Following the conference "'Thou Shalt Not Lie.' On the Hermeneutics of the Talk of the Postfactual" (2017) and the prize question "What is Behind the Talk of the 'Postfactual'? Lie, Bullshit, Illusionary Self-Deception, or ...?", the discussion of the new political and social salability of the lie, exemplified by Trump, its function of longing projection and its dangerous legitimization through the speech of the postfactual will be continued in conversation with the prize winners.