Self-deception unmasked

Self-deception raises complex questions about the nature of belief and the structure of the human mind. In this book, Alfred Mele addresses four of the most critical of these questions: What is it to deceive oneself? How do we deceive ourselves? Why do we deceive ourselves? Is self-deception really...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mele, Alfred R., 1951- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press c2001.
Edition:Core Textbook
Series:Princeton monographs in philosophy.
Princeton paperbacks.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798001606719
Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Approaches, Puzzles, Biases and Agency
  • CHAPTER 2. Garden-Variety Straight Self-Deception: Some Psychological Processes
  • CHAPTER 3. Self-Deception without Puzzles
  • CHAPTER 4. Attempted Empirical Demonstrations of Strict Self-Deception
  • CHAPTER 5. Twisted Self-Deception
  • CHAPTER 6. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index