Sentence examples for insincere assertion from inspiring English sources
Lying is "insincere assertion" in the sense that "the asserter's requisite belief is missing" (Simpson 1992, 625).
Among them, Mr. Clinton is charged with making false or misleading statements to "deceive the American public" about his relationship with Ms. Lewinsky; filing "false or insincere assertions of privilege" with the court, though he knew he was not being truthful; using his lawyers to make those assertions and "purposely jeopardizing" Paula Corbin Jones's ability to pursue justice in a court of law.
Insincere assertions are different.
Can we still say, even of insincere assertions, that they express belief?
In this case the objection that too much sophistication is required is less pressing, since it only concerns insincere assertions.
Instead, let's examine Mr. LaBolt's marvelously insincere statement.
Secondly, one is only engaging in an attempt to silence if one is insincere in one's assertions — if one is attempting primarily to silence, rather than to assert the truth.
An insincere speaker $S$ who asserts that $p$ may know that the addressee $A$ knows that $S$ does not believe that $p$, but may still intend to make $A$ believe that $S$ does not know about $A$'s knowledge, precisely by making the assertion that $p$.
"I think his statement is evasive and insincere.
When will the American media recognize that they are not reporting a genuine debate -- but a set-up, in which hired guns make assertions that are not only laughable, but insincere, which climate deniers (or those who bankroll them) do not believe themselves?
