Ep. 106 ‘Free speech and justified true belief’ w/ prof. Joseph Blocher

Why is it important that we protect freedom of speech?


On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, host
Nico Perrino speaks with Duke University School of Law professor
Joseph Blocher, who argues that one of the most common
justifications for free speech — creating a “marketplace of
ideas” in our search for truth — rests on unstable ground in our
“post-truth” era. In his article, “Free Speech and Justified True
Belief,” Blocher argues for a reframing of this epistemic theory
of free speech around knowledge, rather than truth.


Nico and Blocher are joined in their discussion by frequent guest
and First Amendment News Editor Ronald K.L. Collins.


Show notes:


Video of conversation


Podcast transcript


“Coronavirus and the failure of the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’” by
Greg Lukianoff


“Bans” by Joseph Blocher


National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Bacerra (2018)


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