Deceptive Speech Acts in Philosophy and Law

Deceptive Speech Acts in Philosophy and Law, Krakow, October 5th-6th

Untruth and deception have always been a topic of great interest to philosophers, as well as being of obviously central importance to jurists and legal theorists. Still, recent years have seen a stark increase of interest in concepts and theories of deceptive and misleading utterances. Old definitions are being reconsidered and novel topics emerge, such as the variety of non-assertive acts that might or might not be characterized as lies (questions, implicatures, explanations etc.) or, more puzzlingly still, the possibility of lying or misleading utterances produced by non-human, artificial agents. Moreover, theoretical debates are being supported with an unprecedented wave of empirical research.

These new developments are the main theme of the workshop “Deceptive Speech Acts in Philosophy and Law” organized by the Jagiellonian Center for Law, Language and Philosophy. The workshop will take place in Kraków, on October 5-6th. See program below. The workshop is taking place in-person, but it's possible to listen to the talks and submit questions for the Q&A online. To receive the link for the online transmission, please register at [email protected].

All times are local (GMT+2)

Thursday, October 5th

9.30

                                                      Opening

9.35-10.35

Neri Marsili

TBA

10.35-11.35

Grzegorz Gaszczyk, Aleksandra Krogulska, Marcin Danielwski

Lying is not just insincerely asserting

11.35-12.00

Coffee break

12.00-13.00

Joshua Luczak

Climate Denialism Bullshit is Harmful

13.00-14.30

Lunch

14.30-15.30

Izabela Skoczeń

Lies, common ground, and the law

15.30-16.00

Coffee break

16.00-17.00

Susan Ehrmann Provenzano

Questioning Hearsay’s Formalism

17.00-18.00

Amit Pundik, Binyamin Blum, Shani Schnitzer

Criminalization of deceptive sex

19.00

Dinner

Friday, October 6th

10.00-11.00

Markus Kneer

TBA

11.00-11.30

Coffee break

11.30-12.30

Neele Engelmann

Is lying morally different from misleading?
An empirical investigation

12.30-13.30

Alex Wiegmann, Louisa Reins

Lying without saying something false

13.30-15.00

Lunch

15.00-16.00

Paweł Banaś

TBA

16.00-16.30

Coffee break

16.30-17.30

Wojciech Załuski

Lying as the Paradigm of Evil

17.30

Conclusion of the workshop