There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It’s a Good Thing, Too
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"There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It’s a Good Thing, Too" is a provocative book of essays by literary theorist Stanley Fish that challenges conventional understandings of free speech and argues that speech is always shaped and constrained by social and political contexts.
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| There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It’s a Good Thing, Too canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21205028 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It’s a Good Thing, Too Context triple: [Stanley Fish, notableWork, There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It’s a Good Thing, Too]
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Eternally Vigilant: Free Speech in the Modern Era
Eternally Vigilant: Free Speech in the Modern Era is a scholarly work by constitutional law expert Geoffrey R. Stone that examines the history, principles, and contemporary challenges of free speech in the United States.
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B.
Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open: A Free Press for a New Century
"Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open: A Free Press for a New Century" is a scholarly book by legal scholar Lee Bollinger that examines the role, challenges, and future of freedom of the press in modern democratic societies.
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Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free
"Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free" is a nonfiction book by Cory Doctorow that critiques modern copyright and digital rights regimes while advocating for open culture and user freedoms in the digital age.
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The Right of Free Speech
The Right of Free Speech is a fundamental civil liberty that protects individuals’ ability to express opinions and ideas without undue government restriction or censorship.
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E.
Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism
Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism is a historical and legal study by Geoffrey R. Stone examining how the U.S. government has restricted civil liberties and free expression during major national security crises.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It’s a Good Thing, Too Target entity description: "There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It’s a Good Thing, Too" is a provocative book of essays by literary theorist Stanley Fish that challenges conventional understandings of free speech and argues that speech is always shaped and constrained by social and political contexts.
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A.
Eternally Vigilant: Free Speech in the Modern Era
Eternally Vigilant: Free Speech in the Modern Era is a scholarly work by constitutional law expert Geoffrey R. Stone that examines the history, principles, and contemporary challenges of free speech in the United States.
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B.
Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open: A Free Press for a New Century
"Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open: A Free Press for a New Century" is a scholarly book by legal scholar Lee Bollinger that examines the role, challenges, and future of freedom of the press in modern democratic societies.
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C.
Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free
"Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free" is a nonfiction book by Cory Doctorow that critiques modern copyright and digital rights regimes while advocating for open culture and user freedoms in the digital age.
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D.
The Right of Free Speech
The Right of Free Speech is a fundamental civil liberty that protects individuals’ ability to express opinions and ideas without undue government restriction or censorship.
-
E.
Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism
Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism is a historical and legal study by Geoffrey R. Stone examining how the U.S. government has restricted civil liberties and free expression during major national security crises.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Stanley Fish: American literary theorist