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A false statement is a statement that is not true. Although the word fallacy is sometimes used as a synonym for false statement, that is not how the word is used in philosophy, mathematics, logic and most formal contexts.
A false statement need not be a lie. A lie is a statement that is known to be untrue and is used to mislead. A false statement is a statement that is untrue but not necessarily told to mislead, as a statement given by someone who does not know it is untrue.
Usage examples of "false statement".
For the moment it is admitted that in one case knowledge of a present fact, such as the other party's intent to act on the false statement, dispenses with proof of an intent to induce him to act upon it, it is admitted that the lesser element is all that is necessary in the larger compound.
And that second story - the patently false statement that millions were stolen from the Gemeinschaft was tacked on to the equally false story that I'm wanted for killing three men in Zurich.
Computer hacking, false statement, forged documents to get new identification, a driver's license, Social Security number.
Having a joke with little Lord Fauntleroy here is one thing, but making a false statement to a police c nicer is a criminal offence punishable by.
A machine would not voluntarily make a false statement, but the prime function of a machine was prompt, unquestioning obedience.
The robot, George, would never make a false statement by its own volition, but it would if ordered to do so.