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  Experimental Philosophy xphilosopher.bsky.social · Feb 2
  New experimental jurisprudence paper from Iza Skoczen on the legal concept PERJURY vs. the ordinary concept LYING This paper introduces a surprising new view about the relationship between legal concepts and ordinary concepts @izaskoczen.bsky.social x.com/izaskoczen/s...
  
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  Experimental Philosophy xphilosopher.bsky.social · Feb 2
  Key insight: The legal concept is not some completely distinct thing that you would have to learn separately Instead, the ordinary concept comes with two different criteria. To learn the legal concept, you have to know *which* of those criteria to use in legal contexts
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  Experimental Philosophy xphilosopher.bsky.social · Feb 2
  Paper available open access at: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
  

  Are Lying and Perjury Dual Character Concepts? - Law and Philosophy

  To commit perjury, you have to say something you believe to be false, not merely suggest it. The paper presents a novel explanation for the divergence between the folk and the legal concept of lying, ...

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