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Freedom and Truth in Public Sphere, and the Contest of Fake News

A Reflection from Kant and Hannah Arendt

Authors

  • Zilmara de Jesus Viana de Carvalho

    Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA)

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  • Matheus Costa e Costa

    Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA)

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  • Rayssa Marchão Araújo

    Universidade Federal do Maranhão- UFMA

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  • Kamila Fernanda Barbosa Sampaio

    State University of Maranhão (UEMA)

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  • Flávio Luiz de Castro Freitas

    Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA)

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol9.iss1.2884
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Abstract

It aims to  address the freedom of speech issue from a Kantian point of view, based on the concepts about public use of reason and thinking for oneself, the required conditions for publicity and its relation to fair, as opposed to the unfair and the lie. Moreover, this study addresses the problem of factual truth within the political sphere linked to the use of lies in the different means of communication, and how the fake news reveal themselves as dangerous to the current democratic states, it has, regarding this point, as the main theoretical framework Hannah Arendt's teachings.

Author Biographies
  1. Zilmara de Jesus Viana de Carvalho, Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA)

    Professor the Philosophy, Dept. of Philosophy and Graduate Program of Culture and Society, Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA)

  2. Matheus Costa e Costa, Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA)

    Graduate Program of Culture and Society, Interdisciplinary Master, Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA)

  3. Rayssa Marchão Araújo, Universidade Federal do Maranhão- UFMA

    Graduate Program of Culture and Society, Interdisciplinary Master, Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA)

  4. Kamila Fernanda Barbosa Sampaio, State University of Maranhão (UEMA)

    Professor of the Philosophy Course, State University of Maranhão (UEMA), Brazil

  5. Flávio Luiz de Castro Freitas, Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA)

    Professor of the Degree Course in Human Sciences and Graduate Program of Culture and Society, Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA)

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Published
2021-01-01
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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021): International Journal for Innovation Education and Research
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Viana de Carvalho, Z. de J., Costa, M. C. e, Marchão Araújo, R., Sampaio, K. F. B., & de Castro Freitas, F. L. (2021). Freedom and Truth in Public Sphere, and the Contest of Fake News: A Reflection from Kant and Hannah Arendt . International Journal for Innovation Education and Research, 9(1), 146-158. https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol9.iss1.2884