Context alters the meaning of identical phrases in a confession

Evidence

While the last four words of both statements are identical (“I committed the crime”), the meaning of those four words is different and is determined by the context. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 268

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 268
• XREF: connects to: Relying on isolated phrases ripped from context commits a fallacy — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1232; Removing a statement from context changes its intended meaning — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1237; Coerced confessions force victims to accept fabrications as truth (+6 more)

Related

• Coerced confessions force victims to accept fabrications as truth (similarity 0.80)
• Removing a statement from context changes its intended meaning (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Subordination stops being degrading once framed as impersonal technique #exemplifies (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 764
• Identical setting conditions generate opposite characters depending on social position #corroborates (0.70) — Janet Burroway; Elizabeth Stuckey-French; Ned Stuckey-French, Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition, 331
• Audiences can decode the same message in a globally contrary or oppositional way #corroborates (0.65)
• Attributing every social characteristic to religious texts erases contextual factors #corroborates (0.60) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 123