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Two problems with “self-deception”: No “self” and no “deception”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2011

Robert Kurzban
Robert Kurzban
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Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104. kurzban@psych.upenn.edu http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~kurzban/
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Abstract

While the idea that being wrong can be strategically advantageous in the context of social strategy is sound, the idea that there is a “self” to be deceived might not be. The modular view of the mind finesses this difficulty and is useful – perhaps necessary – for discussing the phenomena currently grouped under the term “self-deception.”

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 32 - 33
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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