Open AccessThe reality of lies
Author(s) -
Venanzio Raspa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
filozofija i drustvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2334-8577
pISSN - 0353-5738
DOI - 10.2298/fid1302105r
Subject(s) - mistake , object (grammar) , subject (documents) , proposition , dialectic , context (archaeology) , epistemology , philosophy , sociology , psychology , computer science , linguistics , history , law , political science , archaeology , library science
A lie is neither a false proposition, nor a mistake, nor a mere fiction; it is a type of fiction, an act, and precisely an intentional act. An act calls for a subject, and therefore a lie is inseparable from its subject. Together, they make up a real object: it has to be real, since a lie produces effects, and the cause-effect relationship only holds between real beings. Like every real object, a lie unfolds in a (phenomenological) context. But there is more: it identifies a (dialectical) context
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