Deception
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Deception is a major [[relational transgressions|relational transgression]] that often leads to feelings of [[betrayal]] and distrust between relational partners. Deception violates relational [[Norm (sociology)|rules]] and is considered to be a negative [[violation|violation]] of expectations. Most people expect friends, relational partners, and even strangers to be truthful most of the time. If people expected most conversations to be untruthful, talking and communicating with others would require distraction and misdirection to acquire reliable information. A significant amount of deception occurs between [[Romance (love)|romantic]] and relational partners. | Deception is a major [[relational transgressions|relational transgression]] that often leads to feelings of [[betrayal]] and distrust between relational partners. Deception violates relational [[Norm (sociology)|rules]] and is considered to be a negative [[violation|violation]] of expectations. Most people expect friends, relational partners, and even strangers to be truthful most of the time. If people expected most conversations to be untruthful, talking and communicating with others would require distraction and misdirection to acquire reliable information. A significant amount of deception occurs between [[Romance (love)|romantic]] and relational partners. | ||
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+ | Deception is a recurring theme in modern philosophy. In 1641 Descartes published his [[meditations]], in which he introduced the notion of the [[Deus deceptor]], a posited being capable of deceiving the thinking [[ego]] about [[reality]]. The notion was used as part of his [[hyperbolic doubt]], wherein one decides to doubt everything there is to doubt. The Deus deceptor is a mainstay of so-called [[skeptical]] arguments, which purport to put into question our knowledge of reality. The punch of the argument is that all we know might be wrong, since we might be deceived. [[Stanley Cavell]] has argued that all skepticism has its root in this fear of deception. | ||
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Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, and sleight of hand, as well as distraction, camouflage, or concealment. There is also self-deception, as in bad faith.
Deception is a major relational transgression that often leads to feelings of betrayal and distrust between relational partners. Deception violates relational rules and is considered to be a negative violation of expectations. Most people expect friends, relational partners, and even strangers to be truthful most of the time. If people expected most conversations to be untruthful, talking and communicating with others would require distraction and misdirection to acquire reliable information. A significant amount of deception occurs between romantic and relational partners.
In philosophy
Deception is a recurring theme in modern philosophy. In 1641 Descartes published his meditations, in which he introduced the notion of the Deus deceptor, a posited being capable of deceiving the thinking ego about reality. The notion was used as part of his hyperbolic doubt, wherein one decides to doubt everything there is to doubt. The Deus deceptor is a mainstay of so-called skeptical arguments, which purport to put into question our knowledge of reality. The punch of the argument is that all we know might be wrong, since we might be deceived. Stanley Cavell has argued that all skepticism has its root in this fear of deception.
See also
- Academic dishonesty
- Betrayal
- Communications deception
- Confidence trick
- Crowd manipulation
- Deception (criminal law)
- Doctrine of mental reservation
- Forgery
- Fraud
- Gaming the system
- Gaslighting
- Good cop/bad cop
- Half-truth
- Hoax
- Lie
- List of topics related to public relations and propaganda
- Machiavellianism
- Media manipulation
- Media transparency
- Military deception
- Misdirection
- Phishing
- Placebo
- Plagiarism
- Propaganda
- Psychological manipulation
- Psychological warfare
- Secrecy
- Selectivity
- Simulated reality
- Social engineering (security)
- Spectacle
- Spin (public relations)
- Steganography
- Sting operation
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