Faculty of Philosophy, Seminar für Philosophie

Lug, Trug und Fake News: Über Formen der Unaufrichtigkeit

Date
4. Jun 2026 - 6. Jun 2026
Location
C03 – Teaching building 1 (Campus)
0229
Organizer
German-Polish Society for Philosophy, Chair of Practical Philosophy, (University of Erfurt) and Department of Philosophy (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland)
Event type
Conference/Congress
Event Language(s)
English
German

International Conference of the German-Polish Society for Philosophy at the University of Erfurt

About the event

The Erfurt Conference of the German-Polish Society for Philosophy on the topic 'Lies, Deception and Fake News: On Forms of Insincerity' will be dedicated to questions of moral philosophy, political philosophy and philosophy of language as well as the history of philosophy. How do we find the right definitions and distinctions for forms of dishonesty? Can lies be true? Can all Cretans always lie? Are bald-faced lies lies? How does linguistic misdirection work? Is bullshitting necessarily indifferent to facts? Is the Kantian conception of the lie tenable? Is Hegel's criticism of it justified? How should dishonesty be judged morally? Is there a duty to lie? When is dishonesty politically justified? How do irrational counter-narratives (big lies) threaten an open, democratic society? How should we respond to the social and political consequences of mass propaganda lies?

Further information on the conference can be found on the website of the Seminar for Philosophy

Programme

Thursday, 4  June 2026

  • 14:00–14:15 Begrüßung / Welcome 
  • 14:15–15:00 Wie strikt gilt das Lügenverbot? Augustinus über die Lüge in De mendacio und Contra mendacium; Christoph Horn (Bonn)
  • 15:00–15:45 Kants Standpunkt zur Frage der Lüge aus Menschenliebe: Gibt es eine Alternative?; Andrzej Kaniowski (Łódz)
  • 15:45–16:15 Kaffeepause / Coffee Break
  • 16:15–17:00 The power of judgement against the “tyranny of lies” in Hannah Arendt; Ewa Nowak & Paweł Mazur (Poznań)
  • 17:00–17:45 Göttliche Lügen? Anmerkungen zu pseúdea und mendacium aus religions- und sprachphilosophischer Perspektive; Hartmut Westermann (Sankt Georgen)
  • 17:45–18:00 Kaffeepause / Coffee Break

Friday, 5 June 2026

  • 09:30–10:15 Setzt Demokratie Aufrichtigkeit voraus?; Alex Burri (Erfurt)
  • 10:15–11:00 Gullibility and Dodging Fake News; Eric Hartmann (Erfurt)
  • 11:00–11:15 Kaffeepause / Coffee Break
  • 11:15–12:30 Die Lügen des gesellschaftlichen Lebens und die Lügen des Einzelnen: Aufrichtigkeitsdiskurs und Dissimulierungszwang unter nichtidealen gesellschaftlichen Bedingungen; Rainer Adolphi (Berlin)
  • 12:30–14:30 Mittagspause / Lunch Break
  • 14:30–14:45 Lying Without Deception: Bald-Faced Lies, Institutions, and the Erosion of Deliberation; Rafal Wonicki (Warszawa)
  • 14:45–15:00 Kaffeepause / Coffee Break
  • 15:00–15:45 Can we lie by not saying anything?; Irene Lo Faro (Bamberg)
  • 15:45–16:00 Kaffeepause / Coffee Break
  • 16:00–16:45 Sind sogenannte unverhohlene Lügen Lügen?; Guido Löhrer (Erfurt)
  • 16:45–17:00 Pause / Coffee Break
  • 18:00–19:00 Sitzung der DPGP / Meeting of the Society

Saturday, 6 June 2026

  • 09:00–09:45 Gay silence; Pawel Zacharewicz (Warszawa)
  • 09:45: 10:30 Deceptive ironic markers; Valentin Lewandowski (Paris)
  • 10:30–11:00 Kaffeepause / Coffee Break
  • 11:00–11:45 Kann man durch ungerechtfertigte konversationale Implikaturen lügen?; Marc Andree Weber (Mannheim)
  • 11:45–12:00 Kaffeepause / Coffee Break
  • 12:00–12:30 Abschlussdiskussion / Closing Discussion

More links

Import Event
Back