Hakikat-sonrası ve yalnızlık
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Date
2021-03-02
Authors
Yazıcı, Çiğdem
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Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi
Abstract
Hakikat-sonrası tartışmaları olgularla konuşan nesnel hakikatin değerini yitirdiği, onun yerine duygularla konuşan kanaatlerin yanlış da olsalar daha çok değer ve inanılırlık kazandığı iddiasını gündeme getirmiştir. Bu hakikat yitimi iddiasını çağımızda yalnızlığın arttığı iddiasıyla birlikte ele alırsak felsefe geleneğinde de süregelmiş olan hakikat ve yalnızlık ilişkisini yeniden nasıl düşünebiliriz? İlk bakışta bu ilişkiyi “hakikatin yalnızlığı” gibi bir ifadeyle düşünmek mümkün olabilir. Ancak felsefe tarihinin Eski Yunan kaynaklarına, özellikle Sokratik döneme dönüp hakikati söyleme-parrhesia- pratikleriyle mutlu ve iyi yaşam-eudaimonia- pratikleri arasındaki ilişkiyi incelediğimizde hakikatin yalnızlaştırmak yerine kişinin etik anlamda karakter edinmesini ve kendisi olmasını sağlayarak hem evrenle hem dostlarıyla daha iyi ilişkiler kurmasını mümkün kıldığını görürüz. Dolayısıyla hakikatin değil hakikat-sonrası dönemde artan manipulatif düşünce biçimlerinin yalnızlaştırdığını daha iyi anlayabiliriz. Genel olarak hem etik hem duygusal yaşamla daha kapsayıcı bir ilişki içerisinde olmak hakikat yitimine karşı daha iyi felsefi cevaplar geliştirmemizi sağlayabilir.
The debates of post-truth brought attention to the claim that while truth, which speaks in reference to facts, lost its value, opinions, which speak to feelings and beliefs, even if they are wrong, became more valuable and credited. Considering also the claim that the experience of loneliness has been increasing in our age, how can we re-think the relation between truth and loneliness, which has been a significant relation to the tradition of philosophical thinking as well. At first glance, we can think this relation with the terms of “the loneliness of truth.” However, when we look at Ancient Greek sources in philosophy, especially to the Socratic philosophy and examine the connections between the practice of telling the truth-parrhesia and the practice of living well with eudaimonia, then we see that truth does not necessarily play a role in isolation and loneliness. Instead, it plays a role in the formation of one’s ethical character and self-hood, which might enable better relations both with friends and with the universe. Thus, we can say that it is not the truth but the manipulative ways of thinking, as attributed to post-truth that leads to loneliness. Hence, to re-connect with truth, philosophical responses to the age of post-truth can be developed better by relating both to the ethical ways of life and to feelings with a more comprehensive perspective.
The debates of post-truth brought attention to the claim that while truth, which speaks in reference to facts, lost its value, opinions, which speak to feelings and beliefs, even if they are wrong, became more valuable and credited. Considering also the claim that the experience of loneliness has been increasing in our age, how can we re-think the relation between truth and loneliness, which has been a significant relation to the tradition of philosophical thinking as well. At first glance, we can think this relation with the terms of “the loneliness of truth.” However, when we look at Ancient Greek sources in philosophy, especially to the Socratic philosophy and examine the connections between the practice of telling the truth-parrhesia and the practice of living well with eudaimonia, then we see that truth does not necessarily play a role in isolation and loneliness. Instead, it plays a role in the formation of one’s ethical character and self-hood, which might enable better relations both with friends and with the universe. Thus, we can say that it is not the truth but the manipulative ways of thinking, as attributed to post-truth that leads to loneliness. Hence, to re-connect with truth, philosophical responses to the age of post-truth can be developed better by relating both to the ethical ways of life and to feelings with a more comprehensive perspective.
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Hakikat-sonrası, Yalnızlık, Doğruyu söyleme, Hakikat, Post-truth, Parrhesia, Truth, Loneliness, Parrhesia, Practice of telling the truth
Citation
Yazıcı, Ç. (2021). ''Hakikat-sonrası ve yalnızlık''. Kaygı. Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi, 20(1), 264-279.