Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Kamala's attack on Biden was months in the making [View all]Igel
(35,300 posts)"I forgot money for lunch. Do you have $10?"
"No, I don't."
Then, 20 minutes later, the guy pulled two 20s out of his wallet.
He's accused of lying. He didn't. He didn't have $10. He had $40. What he said was factually correct.
Derrida's bloviation aside, the phrase in question is "conversational implicature." That goes back to the '60s and Grice. Nobody as useful in academic research these days because he sought understanding of what was said not making what was said mean what the speaker probably never imagined.
Or you could consider Stalnaker's work on relevance. By telling a story about busing in the context of federal mandates, the story was under the usual rules of implicature relevant only if it involved federal mandates. Again, we violate implicature and come across as those who routinely game the system--used car salesmen, lawyers, and politicians. People can't put their finger on why they conclude that the truth was a lie, and it goes to the underlying "rules of the game". For that, Grice is heads and shoulders above Derrida.
(Of course, my example's a bit more than that: Contexts, not just quantifiers, can also be downward or upward entailing.)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden