Truth, misinformation and fake science
International Journal of Development Research
Truth, misinformation and fake science
Received 19th September, 2022 Received in revised form 22nd October, 2022 Accepted 09th November, 2022 Published online 25th December, 2022
Copyright©2022, Ana Regina Barros Rêgo Leal. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The present communication discusses the relations of truth and the social context in which it is waffirmed, relating temporality, contextuality and historicity, having as a starting point the thoughts of Foucault and Nietzsche. The text also seeks to place disinformation and fake science in the context of confronting the truth as a fissure in the social fabric that exposes the tensions among regimes of truth.