TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wiegmann, Alex
A1  - Rutschmann, Ronja
A1  - Willemsen, Pascale
T1  - Empirically investigating the concept of lying
JF  - Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research
N2  - 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?
KW  - Concept of lying
KW  - Lying
KW  - Definition of lying
KW  - Experimental philosophy
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40961-017-0112-z
SN  - 0970-7794
SN  - 2363-9962
VL  - 34
SP  - 591
EP  - 609
PB  - Springer
CY  - New Dehli
ER  -