Seeing Through Self-Deception (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521038775)

What is it to deceive someone? And how is it possible to deceive oneself? Does self-deception require that people be taken in by a deceitful strategy that they know is deceitful? The literature is divided between those who argue that self-deception is intentional and those who argue that it is nonintentional. In this study, Annette Barnes offers a challenge to both the standard characterization of the deception of others and current characterizations of self-deception, examining the available explanations and exploring such questions as the self-deceiver's false consciousness, bias, and the irrationality of self-deception.

Author: Annette Barnes
ISBN-10: 0521038774
ISBN-13: 9780521038775
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/06/2007
Pages: 196
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d