From the Knowledge Society to the Post-Truth Society: Nonsense as a Socio-Philosophical Category

Abstract

Nonsense is rarely the subject of philosophical analysis, probably because the term itself is intuitively associated with something insignificant, not requiring any attention. However, the phenomenon of nonsense in modern society clearly deserves more attention, and an attempt to justify is the goal of this work. The object of research is the concept of nonsense as a socio-philosophical characteristic of society. The subject of the research is its manifestation in the conditions of the information society. The article describes main directions of measuring nonsense as a social phenomenon, proposes clarification of its specific characteristics; formulates assumptions about how modern information and communication technologies affect the condition and acceptance of the subject of nonsense, and which of these trends can be traced today.