Talk:Issues in Interdisciplinarity 2018-19/The Relationship Between Truth and Politics

The Process of Writing the Chapter

Hanna changed from Imperialism in Education to our current chapter Truth in Modern Politics through encouraging a discussion on recent global problems such as climate change, hunger, war and so on. We almost decided on the topic of climate change and imperialism with a case study of a Chinese city and how they try to tackle the problem with education and technology suggested by Ed and Mira. However, we were not quite convinced and also had no real plan on how and where to start. So Hanna kept on thinking and came up with imperialism in politics with based on Brexit, however, this after some thinking did not really make a lot of sense. And then she tried to match Brexit to the other topics and Truth turned out to be a perfect match.

We communicated through our Whatsapp group and everyone came up with an idea of what to write naturally. Ed started first with the Brexit analysis as he experienced it with his own eyes and could offer a real perspective on what was actually happening during the referendum in Great Briain, which turned out to be key and offered very interesting insights as well. Then, Hanna took that analysis and researched a fitting philosophical theory that would match, help to explain and analyze the recent problems in the politics of false advertisement and prove how interconnected and interdisciplinary our world is becoming. And lastly, Mira took the two parts in and wrote an introduction that connected the two pieces of writing and provided a basis for the whole chapter. It not only connects it all together but also defines key terms and stresses the interdisciplinaritive approach towards the topic.

After we put everything together, we started working on the unification of the chapter and some small changes such as rephrasing and spelling mistakes. Then we moved on to correcting each other's parts and suggesting changes. And lastly, we corrected and proved if our referencing is appropriate and in the writing style.

Proposed changes by Hanna

I would change this: "As a matter of fact, we will show through this essay that the notion of truth is worth much more than its restricted and limited frame of definition, by shedding a light on its application in regards to politics." and make it less like an essay and more like an informative text so only information.

Also, I would delete this completely and go straight into what truth is: "Firstly, it is important to define what truth and politics really are."

"therefore use speeches and sermons to sway the masses to see their point of view" here we could say that the sway the masses to not only see their point of view but rather really believe in it and support it.

"In this essay, we will particularly discuss whether or not the notion of truth exists in politics. First and foremost, we will explain the differences between rational and factual truths. Finally, we will illustrate our statements by discussing the case study of the Brexit in regards to the NHS." - and that I would delete, and write how our chapter is interdisciplinary. So basically how we use philosophical theories to analyze this recent phenomen of false advertisemnt in politics with a recents perfect example of Brexit.