Empirically investigating the concept of lying
- 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?
| Author details: | Alex Wiegmann, Ronja RutschmannORCiD, Pascale WillemsenORCiD |
|---|---|
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s40961-017-0112-z |
| ISSN: | 0970-7794 |
| ISSN: | 2363-9962 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Place of publishing: | New Dehli |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2017/08/28 |
| Publication year: | 2017 |
| Release date: | 2022/01/21 |
| Tag: | Concept of lying; Definition of lying; Experimental philosophy; Lying |
| Volume: | 34 |
| Number of pages: | 19 |
| First page: | 591 |
| Last Page: | 609 |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Biochemie und Biologie |
| DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access / Green Open-Access |
