October 27, 2024
Who Is The ‘Real’ Kamala Harris? Who Is The ‘Real’ Tim Walz?
By Steve Rose
The question brings up the commonsense idea that human beings can wear a mask (a “persona”) and pretend to be one person while actually being something or someone entirely different. It’s based on the age-old philosophical topic of “appearance versus reality.” More simply, it’s the problem of phoniness. This raises a question: How can we see behind the mask to know who someone really is?
We know we can’t simply trust what someone says. (“I am who I say I am!”). People can lie or be mistaken, even about themselves. We also can’t necessarily trust what others say (“This person is who I say they are!”) for the same reason. As recent events have shown quite vividly, we also can’t necessarily trust media, “respected authorities,” “The Science,” and so on.
What options does that leave us? Can we ever really know who someone is?
One answer here is supplied by—wait for it—the study of drama.
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