“Misleading/needs context” seems to be an epistemic status that’s neither truth, nor lie, nor bullshit (ie indifferent to truth/falsehood). This type of assertion needs a name and some theorizing/steelmanning. Very unsatisfying/weak to accuse someone of this. Like “you’re mean!”
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When is it okay or not okay to take a statement “out of context”? When is it okay or not okay to substitute your context for the speaker’s? Maybe when you suspect that the speaker actually shares your context but is pretending to operate in a different one for personal gain.
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does "underspecified" cover it?
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No, too broad because everything is under specified. It is a motivated underspecification along a known important dimension. “Pointedly unsaid” things.
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