Lying

Language, Knowledge, Ethics, and Politics

By: Eliot Michaelson (Editor), Andreas Stokke (Editor)

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Hardcover | 25 October 2018

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Philosophers have been thinking about lying for several thousand years, yet this topic has only recently become a central area of academic interest for philosophers of language, epistemologists, ethicists, and political philosophers. Lying: Language, Knowledge, Ethics, Politics provides the first dedicated collection of philosophical essays on the emerging topic of lying. Adopting an inter-subdisciplinary approach, this volume breaks new methodological ground in exploring the ways that a better understanding of language can inform the study of knowledge, ethics, or politics - and vice-versa. How can we lie when it is unclear what exactly we believe, or when we have contradictory beliefs? Can corporations lie, and if so how? Is lying always wrong, or always at least prima facie wrong? What can one learn from a liar? Can we lie to mindless machines? These engaging questions and many more are explored at length in this accessible reference text.

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The 15 original essays are by philosophers active in the field. The style of argumentation is firmly within the analytic tradition. Essays offer detailed analyses of lying, deception, and other key terms ... and they also examine the ethics and politics of lying ... Recommended. * S. P. Schwartz, CHOICE *

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