Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Philosophy Wire: bin Laden, Gadhafi son, truth, lies, “facts”, faith and politics

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-05-03]: Libyans claim that the son of Gadhafi is dead (among with some of his grandchildren) and the Catholic bishop cinforms it. However western allies are sceptical over the news. On the other hand the US is announcing the death of Osama bin Laden, but says that his body was thrown at the sea while no photos are being released (except a fake one which was redrawn). Everyone believes that. Despite on what the truth is (if such thing ever exists), it is quite remarkable how politics and passions are dictating “reality” today, instead of philosophy…

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