Self-Deception Unmasked / / Alfred R. Mele.
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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Mele, Alfred R., author. Self-Deception Unmasked / Alfred R. Mele. Core Textbook Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2000] ©2001 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Princeton Monographs in Philosophy ; 6 Frontmatter -- 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 possible? Drawing on cutting-edge empirical research on everyday reasoning and biases, Mele takes issue with commonplace attempts to equate the processes of self-deception with those of stereotypical interpersonal deception. Such attempts, he demonstrates, are fundamentally misguided, particularly in the assumption that self-deception is intentional. In their place, Mele proposes a compelling, empirically informed account of the motivational causes of biased beliefs. At the heart of this theory is an appreciation of how emotion and motivation may, without our knowing it, bias our assessment of evidence for beliefs. Highlighting motivation and emotion, Mele develops a pair of approaches for explaining the two forms of self-deception: the "straight" form, in which we believe what we want to be true, and the "twisted" form, in which we believe what we wish to be false. Underlying Mele's work is an abiding interest in understanding and explaining the behavior of real human beings. The result is a comprehensive, elegant, empirically grounded theory of everyday self-deception that should engage philosophers and social scientists alike. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) Deception. Self-deception. PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package 2000-2015 9783110662580 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Univ. Press eBook Package 2000-2013 9783110413434 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 9783110459531 print 9780691057453 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400823970 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400823970.jpg |
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