Definitions matter. If you define a lie as an intentional deception attempt, then the king lied, if you define it as uttering a falsehood, then he didn’t. The modern legal tradition is hazy on this point, and intentional deception without actually making false statements sometimes invalidates a contract, and sometimes doesn’t.
Definitions matter. If you define a lie as an intentional deception attempt, then the king lied, if you define it as uttering a falsehood, then he didn’t. The modern legal tradition is hazy on this point, and intentional deception without actually making false statements sometimes invalidates a contract, and sometimes doesn’t.
I could make up a new language for every sentence I utter, and claim that 2⁄3 of the words I am merely speaking to myself in an unrelated monologue.
Communication is so context-dependent that I see the utterance of “it was assumed, not implied” as an admission to deceit.