Abstract
In this paper, we propose a definition of the intention of lying as well as other communication intentions and finally we define what a lie is. We present these results in a set-theory terminology applied to the notions derived from Grice's (and partly formalized by Gazdar) analyses of conversational implicatures and Tokarz's ideas of formalizing performative utterances. We examine a few examples in order to differentiate between our proposals and the Chisholm and Feehan's definition of lie.
Published Online: 2012-02-18
Published in Print: 2012-February
© 2012 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston
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Keywords for this article
lie;
conversational implicature;
deception;
belief;
intention
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- Prelims
- Semiotics and logic: Pragmatization of the common ground
- Meaning between sense and reference: Impacts of semiotics on philosophy of science
- Where does logic meet semiotics?
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- The intent to lie
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- On common knowledge in conversation
- Proofs and mistakes: Their syntactics, semantics, and pragmatics
- Object realism versus mathematical structuralism
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