This handbook brings together past and current research on all aspects of lying and deception, with chapters contributed by leading international experts in the field. We are confronted daily with cases of lying, deception, bullshitting, and 'fake news', making it imperative to understand how lying works, how it can be defined, and whether it can be detected. A further important issue is whether lying should always be considered a bad thing or if, in some cases, it is simply a useful instrument of human cognition. This volume is the first to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of these and other issues from the combined perspectives of linguistics, philosophy, and psychology. Chapters offer precise definitions of lying and its subtypes, and outline the range of fields in which lying and deception play a role, from empirical lie detection and the acquisition of lying to its role in fiction, metaphor, and humour. They also describe the tools and approaches that are used by scholars researching lying and deception, such as questionnaire studies, EEG, neuroimaging, and the polygraph. The volume will be an essential reference for students and researchers in a range of fields who are looking to deepen their understanding of all aspects of lying and deception, and will contribute to establishing the vibrant new field of interdisciplinary lying research.
Author(s): Jorg Meibauer
Series: Oxford Handbooks In Linguistics
Edition: 1
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 689
Tags: Truthfulness And Falsehood, Deception, Lying
Cover
Series
The Oxford Handbook of Lying
Copyright
Contents
Preface
List of figures and tables
List of contributors
1. Introduction: What is lying? Towards an integrative approach
PART I TRADITIONS
2. Classic philosophical approaches to lying and deception
3. Contemporary approaches to the philosophy of lying
4. Linguistic approaches to lying and deception
5. Psycholinguistic approaches to lying and deception
6. Lying, deception, and the brain
PART II CONCEPTS
7. Lying and truth
8. Lying and assertion
9. Lying, belief, and knowledge
10. Lying, sincerity, and quality
11. Lying and deception
12. Lying and certainty
13. Lying and omissions
14. Lying, implicating, and presupposing
15. Lying and self-deception
16. Lying, testimony, and epistemic vigilance
PART III TYPES OF LIES AND DECEPTION
17. Knowledge lies and group lies
18. Selfless assertions
19. Bald-faced lies
20. Bullshitting
21. Bluffing
22. White and prosocial lies
PART IV DISTINCTIONS
23. Lying and fiction
24. Lying and quotation
25. Lying and humour
26. Lying, irony, and default interpretation
27. Lying and vagueness
28. Lying, metaphor, and hyperbole
29. Lying and politeness
PART V DOMAINS
30. Development of lying and cognitive abilities
31. Lying and lie detection
32. Lying and computational linguistics
33. Lying in social psychology
34. Lying and psychology
35. Lying and neuroscience
36. Lying and ethics
37. Lying and the law
38. Lying in economics
39. Lying and education
40. Lying and discourse analysis
41. Lying and deception in politics
42. Lying and history
43. Lying and the arts
44. Lying in different cultures
References
Index
