Assertion, Lying and the Norm of Truth

IF 1.3 2区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY TOPOI-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF PHILOSOPHY Pub Date : 2023-10-06 DOI:10.1007/s11245-023-09956-9

Roger Teichmann

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Abstract

Abstract In chapter four of Truth and Truthfulness Bernard Williams presents an account of assertion that relies heavily on the ‘psychological’ notions of belief and intention. In chapter five his definition of lying similarly relies on such notions. For Williams, insofar as there are norms governing assertion as such or norms broken by lying as such, these norms relate to saying what you think to be true, as distinct from saying what is true. I argue that this ‘psychologized’ account of assertion (and lying) is for various reasons mistaken. A consequence of Williams’s approach is that ‘Shall I tell the truth here?’ is presented as a much more open question for an agent than it possibly can be. Only by adverting to the language-game presupposed by that question’s having any sense at all can we arrive at a fair picture of when and how the answer ‘No’ might be reasonable.

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断言、谎言与真理准则

在《真理与真实性》的第四章中，伯纳德·威廉姆斯提出了一种对断言的描述，这种断言严重依赖于信念和意图的“心理学”概念。在第五章中，他对说谎的定义同样依赖于这些概念。对威廉姆斯来说，只要有规范来控制断言或被谎言打破的规范，这些规范与说出你认为是真的有关，而不是说出真实的东西。我认为，由于各种原因，这种对断言(和谎言)的“心理化”解释是错误的。威廉姆斯这种做法的一个后果是，“我能在这里说实话吗?”对于代理人来说，这是一个更开放的问题。只有通过这个问题具有任何意义的语言游戏预设，我们才能得出一个公平的图景，即“不”的答案何时以及如何可能是合理的。

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