Alternativ fakta: Om kunskapen och dess fiender

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book

Alternativ fakta: Om kunskapen och dess fiender is a Swedish non-fiction book that examines the nature of knowledge, the spread of misinformation, and the threats posed to democratic society by "alternative facts" and anti-scientific thinking.

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Label	Occurrences
Alternativa fakta: Om kunskapen och dess fiender	2
Alternativ fakta: Om kunskapen och dess fiender canonical	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Alternativ fakta: Om kunskapen och dess fiender
Context triple: [Åsa Wikforss, notableWork, Alternativ fakta: Om kunskapen och dess fiender]

A. The Challenge of Facts
"The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
B. Before the Fact
Before the Fact is a 1932 psychological crime novel by Anthony Berkeley Cox (writing as Francis Iles), best known as the dark, suspenseful source material for Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Suspicion."
C. Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science is a classic skeptical book by Martin Gardner that critically examines pseudoscience, fringe theories, and popular scientific misconceptions.
D. Truth and Politics
"Truth and Politics" is an influential essay by political theorist Hannah Arendt that examines the fraught relationship between factual truth, lies, and the functioning of modern political life.
E. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
"The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump" is a nonfiction book that examines the erosion of objective truth, the rise of propaganda and conspiracy thinking, and their impact on American democracy in the Trump era.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Alternativ fakta: Om kunskapen och dess fiender
Target entity description: Alternativ fakta: Om kunskapen och dess fiender is a Swedish non-fiction book that examines the nature of knowledge, the spread of misinformation, and the threats posed to democratic society by "alternative facts" and anti-scientific thinking.

A. The Challenge of Facts
"The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
B. Before the Fact
Before the Fact is a 1932 psychological crime novel by Anthony Berkeley Cox (writing as Francis Iles), best known as the dark, suspenseful source material for Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Suspicion."
C. Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science is a classic skeptical book by Martin Gardner that critically examines pseudoscience, fringe theories, and popular scientific misconceptions.
D. Truth and Politics
"Truth and Politics" is an influential essay by political theorist Hannah Arendt that examines the fraught relationship between factual truth, lies, and the functioning of modern political life.
E. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
"The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump" is a nonfiction book that examines the erosion of objective truth, the rise of propaganda and conspiracy thinking, and their impact on American democracy in the Trump era.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ
addresses	anti-intellectualism ⓘ conspiracy theories ⓘ media responsibility ⓘ post-truth politics ⓘ public understanding of science ⓘ
aimsTo	defend scientific knowledge ⓘ promote critical thinking ⓘ warn about dangers of alternative facts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Sweden ⓘ
discusses	epistemic relativism ⓘ role of experts in public debate ⓘ science denial ⓘ
examines	conflicts between scientific knowledge and ideological beliefs ⓘ consequences of disinformation for democracy ⓘ how false information spreads ⓘ how trust in expertise is undermined ⓘ role of social media in spreading misinformation ⓘ
focusesOn	nature of knowledge ⓘ relationship between science and society ⓘ spread of misinformation ⓘ threats to democratic society ⓘ
genre	non-fiction ⓘ
hasForm	prose ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage	Swedish ⓘ
intendedAudience	general public ⓘ readers interested in politics ⓘ readers interested in science and society ⓘ
isAbout	conflict between facts and ideology ⓘ importance of reliable knowledge in democracy ⓘ public debate on truth and facts ⓘ threats to democratic institutions from disinformation ⓘ
language	Swedish ⓘ
mainSubject	alternative facts ⓘ anti-scientific thinking ⓘ democracy ⓘ epistemology ⓘ knowledge ⓘ misinformation ⓘ
titleTranslation	Alternative Facts: On Knowledge and Its Enemies ⓘ
workType	popular science ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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Åsa Wikforss → notableWork → Alternativ fakta: Om kunskapen och dess fiender ⓘ

Åsa Wikforss → notableWork → Alternativa fakta: Om kunskapen och dess fiender ⓘ

subject linked to: Wikforss

linked to: Alternativ fakta: Om kunskapen och dess fiender

Därför demokrati: Om kunskapen och folkstyret → relatedWorkByAuthor → Alternativa fakta: Om kunskapen och dess fiender ⓘ