#62 Jonathan Rauch on the Constitution of Knowledge

<span style="font-weight: 400;">During this episode,</span> <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/experts/jonathan-rauch/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Jonathan Rauch</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">of the</span> <a href= "https://www.brookings.edu/experts/jonathan-rauch/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Brooking’s Institute</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">discusses his new book:</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0815738862/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ipa09b-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0815738862&linkId=0d6b4f38e10b1c9f0f714e0ccff4f2f1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. The Constitution of Knowledge may be thought of as a distributed network with taproots in the same philosophical lineage as the Enlightenment and the United States Constitution. The Constitution of Knowledge keeps us anchored in reality, mediates social conflict, enables civil discourse, and turns disagreement into knowledge. Jonathan makes the case for why we need it and how it should be protected.</span> <p><strong>Link to full show notes and resources</strong></p> <p><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">62</span></p> <p><strong>Guest Bio</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">:</span> <a href= "https://www.brookings.edu/experts/jonathan-rauch/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Jonathan Rauch</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is a senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at the <a href= "https://www.brookings.edu/experts/jonathan-rauch/">Brookings Institution</a> and a contributing writer of The Atlantic. Rauch is author of The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth (June 2021) and previously author of Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought (1993).</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow in the Governance St