Self-Deception

Name: Self-Deception
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ISBN: 9780520220522

ISBN-10: 0520220528

ISBN-13: 9780520220522

Edition: 2000

Authors: Herbert Fingarette

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With a new chapter This new edition of Herbert Fingarette's classic study in philosophical psychology now includes a provocative recent essay on the topic by the author. A seminal work, the book has deeply influenced the fields of philosophy, ethics, psychology, and cognitive science, and it remains an important focal point for the large body of literature on self-deception that has appeared since its publication. How can one deceive oneself if the very idea of deception implies that the deceiver knows the truth? The resolution of this paradox leads Fingarette to fundamental insights into the mind at work. He questions our basic ideas of self and the unconscious, personal responsibility and…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 2/23/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 189
Size: 0.53" wide x 0.86" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English




Introduction



To Believe and Not To Believe



To Say or Not To Say



To Avow or Not To Avow



Sartre and Kierkegaard



Ego and Counter-Ego



The Ambiguities of Self-Deception - To Be and Not To Be



The Neuropsychological Context of Self-Deception



Self-Deception Needs No Explaining


Bibliography


Selected Bibliography on Cerebral Commissurotomy


Index