Certainly we've always known this, but I was still a little surprised when I read this in "How Minds Work". On a menu, if it says "Free glass of beer or wine with steak", the "or" there is not a logical or, but instead a logical exclusive or. Or perhaps more accurately, a logical nand! Our interpretation of logical connectives is surprisingly contextual. On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 8:57 AM Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
Just to be clear, that was distinctly *not* my point.
I *do* believe that "to deceive" need not imply intent.
But it always means that the deceivee was misled, intentionally or not.
—Dan
----- as Dan Asimov (and you, and others pointed out), "deceive includes intent". -----
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