Information, Secrecy, and Falsehood
Can information be false? An important debate in the philosophy of information turns on this seemingly simple question. According to veridicalism (or the veridicality thesis), truth is a necessary condition for information; by contrast, according to non-veridicalism (or the non-veridicality thesis),...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SJSU Scholarworks
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Secrecy and Society |
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/secrecyandsociety/vol3/iss2/7/ |
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| Summary: | Can information be false? An important debate in the philosophy of information turns on this seemingly simple question. According to veridicalism (or the veridicality thesis), truth is a necessary condition for information; by contrast, according to non-veridicalism (or the non-veridicality thesis), it is not. I argue that this debate has noteworthy implications for how we should conceive of secrecy understood in terms of concealment of information. I also argue that, since falsehoods can be secret, it is more tenable to hold that secrecy is not restricted to true information than to hold that it is. |
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| ISSN: | 2377-6188 |