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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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Author:   Eliot Michaelson (Lecturer, Lecturer, King's College London) ,  Andreas Stokke (Pro Futura Scientia Fellow/Senior Lecturer, Pro Futura Scientia Fellow/Senior Lecturer, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study/Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9780198743965

ISBN 10:   0198743963
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 November 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Eliot Michaelson and Andreas Stokke: Introduction I Language 1: Don Fallis: What is Deceptive Lying? 2: Jessica Pepp: Truth Serum, Liar Serum, and Some Problems about Saying What You Think is False 3: Ishani Maitra: Lying, Acting, and Asserting II Knowledge 4: Peter Graham: Sincerity and the Reliability of Testimony: Burge on the A Priori Basis of Testimonial Entitlement 5: Andreas Stokke: Fabrication and Testimony 6: Olav Gjelsvik: Bullshit Production III Ethics 7: Thomas L. Carson: The Range of Reasonable Views about the Morality of Lying 8: James Mahon: Secrets vs. Lies 9: Eliot Michaelson: The Lies We Tell Each Other Together 10: Jorah Dannenberg: Lying Among Friends IV Politics 11: Katherine Hawley: Coercion and Lies 12: Jennifer Saul: Negligent Falsehood, White Ignorance, and Fake News 13: Jennifer Lackey: Group Lies 14: Roy Sorensen: Lying to Mindless Machines Appendix 15: Jonathan E. Adler: Lying and Misleading: A Moral Difference

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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 *

Author Information

Dr. Michaelson is a Lecturer at King's College London. He joined the Department of Philosophy in 2014 after holding the position of Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University the previous academic year. Dr. Michaelson was a Ph.D. student at UCLA, and he holds a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Chicago and an A.A. from Deep Springs College. He works primarily in philosophy of language, also has a secondary interest in ethics, and is the creator of the Philosophy Time video series. Dr. Stokke pursued his postgraduate studies at the University of St Andrews, where he received an MLitt degree in 2006 and a Ph.D. in 2010. After completing his doctoral studies, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oslo and at the University of Lisbon. In 2013, he took up a position as University Lecturer at Umeå University. Dr. Stokke was awarded a Pro Futura Scientia Fellowship at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in 2016 after being nominated by the Department of Philosophy at Uppsala University, where he is now also a senior lecturer. His research is mainly in the fields of philosophy of language and epistemology, but he has also worked on ethics and philosophy of action.

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