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Empirically investigating the concept of lying

Wiegmann, Alex; Rutschmann, Ronja; Willemsen, Pascale (2017). Empirically investigating the concept of lying. Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 34(3):591-609.

Abstract

Lying is an everyday moral phenomenon about which philosophers have written a lot. Not only the moral status of lying has been intensively discussed but also what it means to lie in the first place. Perhaps the most important criterion for an adequate definition of lying is that it fits with people’s understanding and use of this concept. In this light, it comes as a surprise that researchers only recently started to empirically investigate the folk concept of lying. In this paper, we describe three experimental studies which address the following questions: Does a statement need to be objectively false in order to constitute lying? Does lying necessarily include the intention to deceive? Can one lie by omitting relevant facts?

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Philosophy
Dewey Decimal Classification:100 Philosophy
Scopus Subject Areas:Social Sciences & Humanities > Philosophy
Language:English
Date:1 September 2017
Deposited On:24 Oct 2019 09:00
Last Modified:02 Sep 2024 03:36
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:0970-7794
Additional Information:This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40961-017-0112-z
OA Status:Green
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s40961-017-0112-z
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