Transcognition

Transcognition is the ability to employ one's cognitive faculties to undermine values by attacking their presuppositions and using one's non-cognitive attitude to create new values.[1][2] These new values are attempts by which we try to render our world estimable.[3] This transcognitive approach was first formulated by philosopher John T. Wilcox in his study 'Truth and Value in Nietzsche' (1974).[1] Transcognition is not to be confused with technocognition, an interdisciplinary approach to counter misinformation in a post-truth world.[4]

  1. ^ a b Wilcox, John T. (1974). Truth and Value in Nietzsche. University of Michigan Press. pp. 12, 201.
  2. ^ Laderoute, Karl W. L. (2013). Nietzsche on Truth and Knowledge. p. 23.
  3. ^ Hussain, Nadeem J. Z. (2012). Nietzsche and Non-cognitivism. In Roberson, Simon & Janaway, Christopher (2012). Nietzsche, Naturalism & Normativity. Oxford University Press. pp. 111-132.
  4. ^ Lewandowsky, Stephan; Ecker, Ullrich K.H. and Cook, John (2017). Beyond Misinformation: Understanding and Coping with the “Post-Truth” Era. ScienceDirect.