Evento n.3

The asymmetry between truth and falsehood is a well-known notion in philosophical tradition. In practical terms, there is only one way of telling the truth, but many ways of lying. There are simple lies (telling falsehoods), meta-lies (denying telling falsehoods), pre-lies (setting the scene for future lies), lies without lying (telling the truth but leading the other to believe a falsehood) and lies of omission, vagueness, ambiguity or diversion. But there are also artistic lies, which however are not lies. Philosopher Franca D’Agostini will offer a broad overview of the various kinds of lies and on recent thinking on the topic of lying, to remind us that the possibility of lying is the practical reason for the existence of the notion of truth in our minds.