Self-deception unmasked [[electronic resource] /] / Alfred R. Mele

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455610903321
• Autore: Mele Alfred R. <1951->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2001
• ISBN: 1-283-31689-7; 9786613316899; 1-4008-2397-8; 1-4008-1446-4
• Edizione: [Core Textbook]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Collana: Princeton monographs in philosophy
• Disciplina: 128/.3
• Soggetti: Self-deception; Deception; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.

Is that real? [[electronic resource] ] : identification and assessment of the counterfeiting threat for U.S. banknotes / / Committee on Technologies to Deter Currency Counterfeiting, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783779503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2006
• ISBN: 0-309-18074-0; 1-280-44739-7; 9786610447398; 0-309-65784-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (74 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.1
• Soggetti: Counterfeits and counterfeiting - United States; Criminal law
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Box""; ""Summary""; ""1 Background and Overview""; ""2 Counterfeiting Technology Trends""; ""3 A Systems Approach to the Counterfeiting Threat""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B Features of Current U. S. Banknotes""

Lawyers and legal culture in British North America : Beamish Murdoch of Halifax / / Philip Girard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813678903321
• Autore: Girard Philip
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2011; ©2011
• ISBN: 1-4426-9921-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Collana: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• Disciplina: 340.092
• Soggetti: Lawyers - Nova Scotia; Practice of law - Nova Scotia - History - 19th century; Halifax (N.S.) Biography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Antecedents -- Apprenticeship -- The Legal Profession in Nova Scotia: Organization and Mobility -- The Making of a Colonial Lawyer, 1822-1827 -- The Maturing of a Colonial Lawyer, 1828-1850 -- The Politics of a Colonial Lawyer: Murdoch, Howe, and Responsible Government -- Law and Politics in the Colonial City: Murdoch as Recorder of Halifax, 1850-1860 -- Law, Identity and Improvement: Murdoch as Cultural Producer.
• Sommario/riassunto: "From award-winning biographer Philip Girard, Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America is the first history of the legal profession in Canada to emphasize its cross-provincial similarities and its deep roots in the colonial period. Girard details how nineteenth-century British North American lawyers created a distinctive Canadian template for the profession by combining the strong collective governance of the English tradition with the high degree of creativity and client responsiveness characteristic of U.S. lawyers - a mix that forms the basis of the legal profession in Canada today. Girard provides a unique window on the interconnections between lawyers' roles as community leaders and as legal professionals. Centred on one pre-Confederation lawyer whose career epitomizes the trends of his day, Beamish Murdoch (1800-1876), Lawyers and Legal Culture in ; British North America makes an important and compelling contribution to Canadian legal history."--Pub. desc.