For the record, my opinion is essentially the same as the one expressed in “Bad intent is a disposition, not a feeling”, which gives more detail on the difference between consciousness of deception and intentionality of deception. (Subconscious intentions exist, so intentional lies include subconsciously intended ones; I don’t believe things that have no intentionality/optimization can lie)
“Normal people think you can’t lie unawarely” seems inconsistent with, among other things, this article.
Note also, you yourself are reaching for the language of strategic equivocation, which implies intent; but, how could you know the conscious intents of those you believe are equivocating? If you don’t, then you probably already have a sense that intent can be subconscious, which if applied uniformly, implies lies can be subconscious.
I say “strategic” because it is serving that strategic purpose in a debate, not as a statement of intent. This use is similar to discussion of, eg, an evolutionary strategy of short life histories, which doesn’t imply the short-life history creature understands or intends anything it’s doing.
It sounds like normal usage might be our crux. Would you agree with this? IE that if most people in most situations would interpret my definition as normal usage and yours as a redefinition project, we should use mine, and vice versa for yours?
I don’t think it’s the crux, no. I don’t accept ordinary language philosophy, which canonizes popular confusions. There are some contexts where using ordinary language is important, such as when writing popular news articles, but that isn’t all of the contexts.
For the record, my opinion is essentially the same as the one expressed in “Bad intent is a disposition, not a feeling”, which gives more detail on the difference between consciousness of deception and intentionality of deception. (Subconscious intentions exist, so intentional lies include subconsciously intended ones; I don’t believe things that have no intentionality/optimization can lie)
“Normal people think you can’t lie unawarely” seems inconsistent with, among other things, this article.
Note also, you yourself are reaching for the language of strategic equivocation, which implies intent; but, how could you know the conscious intents of those you believe are equivocating? If you don’t, then you probably already have a sense that intent can be subconscious, which if applied uniformly, implies lies can be subconscious.
I say “strategic” because it is serving that strategic purpose in a debate, not as a statement of intent. This use is similar to discussion of, eg, an evolutionary strategy of short life histories, which doesn’t imply the short-life history creature understands or intends anything it’s doing.
It sounds like normal usage might be our crux. Would you agree with this? IE that if most people in most situations would interpret my definition as normal usage and yours as a redefinition project, we should use mine, and vice versa for yours?
I don’t think it’s the crux, no. I don’t accept ordinary language philosophy, which canonizes popular confusions. There are some contexts where using ordinary language is important, such as when writing popular news articles, but that isn’t all of the contexts.