Book contents
- Political Self-Deception
- Political Self-Deception
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Philosophy of Self-Deception
- Chapter 1 Investigating Self-Deception
- Chapter 2 The Attribution of Responsibility to Self-Deceivers
- Part II Self-Deception in Politics
- References
- Index
Chapter 1 - Investigating Self-Deception
from Part I - The Philosophy of Self-Deception
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2018
Book contents
- Political Self-Deception
- Political Self-Deception
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Philosophy of Self-Deception
- Chapter 1 Investigating Self-Deception
- Chapter 2 The Attribution of Responsibility to Self-Deceivers
- Part II Self-Deception in Politics
- References
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, alternative conceptions of self-deception are critically considered: the skeptical view, according to which self-deception is literally impossible and what seems to be SD is actually only pretense; the intentional view, according to which SD is intentionally produced by the subject; and the causal-motivationist view, according to which SD is caused by cognitive biases triggered by a motivational state. An alternative view is then proposed, the “invisible hand” account: the author argues that this view can solve some of the open issues of the others.
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- Political Self-Deception , pp. 19 - 57Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018