Don Fallis
Professor Of Philosophy and Computer Science
Don Fallis is a Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science at Northeastern University. His research interests include epistemology, philosophy of information, and philosophy of mathematics. His articles on lying and deception have appeared in the Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Studies, and the Australasian Journal of Philosophy. He has also discussed lying on Philosophy TV and in several volumes of the Philosophy and Popular Culture series.
- Fake News is Counterfeit News
- Lying Under Uncertainty
- A Bayesian Epistemology of Deception
- American Philosophical Association
- International Association for Computing and Philosophy
- International Center for Information Ethics
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Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 1995.
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Contact
617-373-4168 d.fallis@northeastern.edu -
Address
413 Renaissance Park
360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA, 02115
The Philosophy and Ethics of Lying and Deception
PHIL 2016
Examines lying and other forms of deception in a wide range of modern contexts from advertising to politics, using different theoretical approaches. Offers students an opportunity to use philosophical and economic theories to investigate what lying is, why people lie, when and why it is wrong to lie, how we can learn from other people even though they might be lying, and how social institutions affect—and are affected by—all of this lying. In modern society, we are confronted with lies, spin, fake news, and even “BS” on a daily basis.
