LEADER 03874nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910780205003321 005 20211025214655.0 010 $a1-283-31689-7 010 $a9786613316899 010 $a1-4008-2397-8 010 $a1-4008-1446-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400823970 035 $a(CKB)111087027756568 035 $a(EBL)797493 035 $a(OCoLC)52522503 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000649666 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11380970 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000649666 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10609769 035 $a(PQKB)11701811 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36320 035 $a(DE-B1597)447958 035 $a(OCoLC)1054880154 035 $a(OCoLC)979970136 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400823970 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL797493 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10511620 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL331689 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC797493 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027756568 100 $a20000421d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSelf-deception unmasked$b[electronic resource] /$fAlfred R. Mele 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (161 p.) 225 1 $aPrinceton monographs in philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-05745-1 311 0 $a0-691-05744-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tCHAPTER 1. Introduction: Approaches, Puzzles, Biases and Agency --$tCHAPTER 2. Garden-Variety Straight Self-Deception: Some Psychological Processes --$tCHAPTER 3. Self-Deception without Puzzles --$tCHAPTER 4. Attempted Empirical Demonstrations of Strict Self-Deception --$tCHAPTER 5. Twisted Self-Deception --$tCHAPTER 6. Conclusion --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aSelf-deception raises complex questions about the nature of belief and the structure of the human mind. In this book, Alfred Mele addresses four of the most critical of these questions: What is it to deceive oneself? How do we deceive ourselves? Why do we deceive ourselves? Is self-deception really possible? Drawing on cutting-edge empirical research on everyday reasoning and biases, Mele takes issue with commonplace attempts to equate the processes of self-deception with those of stereotypical interpersonal deception. Such attempts, he demonstrates, are fundamentally misguided, particularly in the assumption that self-deception is intentional. In their place, Mele proposes a compelling, empirically informed account of the motivational causes of biased beliefs. At the heart of this theory is an appreciation of how emotion and motivation may, without our knowing it, bias our assessment of evidence for beliefs. Highlighting motivation and emotion, Mele develops a pair of approaches for explaining the two forms of self-deception: the "straight" form, in which we believe what we want to be true, and the "twisted" form, in which we believe what we wish to be false. Underlying Mele's work is an abiding interest in understanding and explaining the behavior of real human beings. The result is a comprehensive, elegant, empirically grounded theory of everyday self-deception that should engage philosophers and social scientists alike. 410 0$aPrinceton monographs in philosophy. 410 0$aPrinceton paperbacks. 606 $aSelf-deception 606 $aDeception 615 0$aSelf-deception. 615 0$aDeception. 676 $a128/.3 700 $aMele$b Alfred R.$f1951-$01530218 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780205003321 996 $aSelf-deception unmasked$93802475 997 $aUNINA