Communication and deniability: Moral and epistemic reactions to denials

People often deny having meant what the audience understood. Such denials occur in both interpersonal and institutional contexts, such as in political discourse, the interpretation of laws and the perception of lies. In practice, denials have a wide range of possible effects on the audience, such as...

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Main Authors: Francesca Bonalumi, Feride Belma Bumin, Thom Scott-Phillips, Christophe Heintz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1073213/full