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Single Idea 3837

[from 'Rationality in Action' by John Searle, in 11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs ]

Full Idea

If I lie and say "It is raining", my utterance is intelligible to me as a lie precisely because I understand that the utterance commits me to the truth of a proposition I do not believe to be true.

Gist of Idea

We can't understand something as a lie if beliefs aren't commitment to truth

Source

John Searle (Rationality in Action [2001], Ch.6.II)

Book Reference

Searle,John R.: 'Rationality in Action' [MIT 2001], p.184