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There is such a thing as pragmatics[1] where the same words might mean different things in different situations. For any normal human being trying to communica
by Symmetry 8y ago
There is such a thing as pragmatics[1] where the same words might mean different things in different situations. For any normal human being trying to communicate honestly their speech will be full of things that are wrong or don't strictly make sense but both partners in a conversation have to interpret each other generously for a conversation to proceed. "I spent the entire day doing paperwork!" has to be interpreted as the person spending the bulk of their productive day on paperwork, it doesn't mean that they never slept or ate to any reasonable person. If an answer promotes accurate beliefs then that's a good honest answer. If someone refuses to impart information in their answer then that's their right. If they promote inaccurate beliefs in their answer that's dishonesty.
[1]https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pragmatics/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pragmatics/