When Are We Self-Deceived?

This article’s point of departure is a proto-analysis that I have suggested of entering self-deception in acquiring a belief and an associated set of jointly sufficient conditions for self-deception that I have proposed.  Partly with the aim of fleshing out an important member of the proposed set of...

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Main Author: Alfred R. Mele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Culturale Humana.Mente 2012-02-01
Series:Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies
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Online Access:http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/192
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description This article’s point of departure is a proto-analysis that I have suggested of entering self-deception in acquiring a belief and an associated set of jointly sufficient conditions for self-deception that I have proposed.  Partly with the aim of fleshing out an important member of the proposed set of conditions, I provide a sketch of my view about how self-deception happens.  I then return to the proposed set of jointly sufficient conditions and offer a pair of amendments.
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spelling doaj.art-1e4e219d775d421eb82d0e1332c3ef0b2022-12-21T21:56:01ZengAssociazione Culturale Humana.MenteHumana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies1972-12932012-02-01520When Are We Self-Deceived?Alfred R. Mele0Florida State University, USAThis article’s point of departure is a proto-analysis that I have suggested of entering self-deception in acquiring a belief and an associated set of jointly sufficient conditions for self-deception that I have proposed.  Partly with the aim of fleshing out an important member of the proposed set of conditions, I provide a sketch of my view about how self-deception happens.  I then return to the proposed set of jointly sufficient conditions and offer a pair of amendments.http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/192self-deceptionbelief acquisition
spellingShingle Alfred R. Mele
When Are We Self-Deceived?
Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies
self-deception
belief acquisition
title When Are We Self-Deceived?
title_full When Are We Self-Deceived?
title_fullStr When Are We Self-Deceived?
title_full_unstemmed When Are We Self-Deceived?
title_short When Are We Self-Deceived?
title_sort when are we self deceived
topic self-deception
belief acquisition
url http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/192
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