McIntyre traces the development of the post-truth phenomenon from science denial through the rise of “fake news,” from our psychological blind spots to the public’s retreat into “information silos.” Lee McIntyre is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and an Instructor in Ethics at Harvard Extension School. Image: Book Cover
Lee McIntyre received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Michigan, Ann Aebor. He is the author of several prominent books focusing on the acceptance of –and resistance to—scientific facts. Dr. McIntyre taught philosophy at Colgate University, Boston University, Tufts Experimental College, Simmons College, and Harvard Extension School. He was Executive Director of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University. He has also served as a policy advisor to the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard. **BOOKS** (for general readers) include: _The Scientific Attitude_; _Post-Truth_; _How to Talk to a Science Denier_