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In chapter 8 I cited a joke analysed by Freud to illustrate how true statements can, in certain circumstances, be used to deceive. Likewise, in other circumstances, statements may be untrue without being deceptive. The presence or absence of an intention to deceive does not always conform to the falsity or truth of what is said. The contrast between falsity and falsehood, or between truth and truthfulness, manifests itself in many contexts but is nowhere seen more clearly than in connection with what we call ‘fiction’. The linguist John Searle (1975:325) notes:
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In chapter 8 I cited a joke analysed by Freud to illustrate how true statements can, in certain circumstances, be used to deceive. Likewise, in other circumstances, statements may be untrue without being deceptive. The presence or absence of an intention to deceive does not always conform to the falsity or truth of what is said. The contrast between falsity and falsehood, or between truth and truthfulness, manifests itself in many contexts but is nowhere seen more clearly than in connection with what we call ‘fiction’. The linguist John Searle (1975:325) notes:
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