Lying, more or less: a computer simulation study of graded lies and trust dynamics.

Partial lying denotes the cases where we partially believe something to be false but nevertheless assert it with the intent to deceive the addressee. We investigate how the severity of partial lying may be determined and how partial lies can be classified. We also study how much epistemic damage an...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 199; no. 1/2; pp. 991 - 1019
Autores principales: Trpin, Borut, Dobrosovestnova, Anna, Götzendorfer, Sebastian J.
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Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2021
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          Fakultät für Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539, Munich, Germany
          Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Freyung 6/6, 1010, Vienna, Austria
          Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Liebiggasse 5, 1010, Vienna, Austria
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        Blameworthiness
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        Epistemic damage
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