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Distinguished scholars discuss the problem of self-deception, or rather, self and deception.
This volume contains essays by a range of distinguished philosophers on the problem of self-deception, or rather, self and deception. The work proceeds from the assumption that changing constructions of self within Western cultures, and alternative notions of self in other cultures requires that we rethink traditional strategies for explaining the phenomenon of self-deception.
The concept of self is central to any sustained inquiry into self-deception, the pertinent issue being what sort of self is victim (or beneficiary) of self deception. Several of the authors here base their thinking on the model of "other-deception," and include discussion of the notions of double selves, multiple selves, and subsystems of the self, to address this troubling problem. Other authors argue that "other-deception" is not an adequate or reliable model to guide our thinking on this issue.
The psychological and moral dimensions of self-deception generate a rich discussion, as do its epistemic implications. The concept of emotionality also receives sustained attention.
"The book is a provocative trailblazer in that it explores the problematic issues of 'self' and 'deception,' and particularly, 'self-deception,' not only from an epistemological perspective but also from cross-cultural dimensions. While the approach is primarily philosophic, the work is pregnant with implications for cognitive science, cultural anthropology, sociology of knowledge, decision-making theory, and even theoretical biology." — Leo Chang, Regis College
Introduction
Roger T. Ames And Wimal Dissanayake
One
On the Very Possibility of Self-Deception
Brian P. McLaughlin
Two
The Vital but Dangerous Art of Ignoring: Selective Attention and Self-Deception
Annette C. Baier
Three
User-Friendly Self-Deception: A Traveler's Manual
Amélie Oksenberg Rorty
Four
Self, Deception, and Self-Deception in Philosophy
Robert C. Solomon
Five
Bad Faith and Kitsch as Models for Self-Deception
Kathleen Marie Higgins
Six
Unloading The Self-Refutation Charge
Barbara Herrnstein Smith
Seven
Falsity, Psychic Indefiniteness, and Self-Knowledge
Joel J. Kupperman
Eight
A Confucian Perspective on Self-Deception
A. S. Cua
Nine
A Confucian Construction of a Self-Deceivable Self
Robert Cummings Neville
Ten
The Classical Chinese Self and Hypocrisy
Roger T. Ames
Eleven
Our Names Are Legion for We Are Many: On the Academics of Deception
David L. Hall
Twelve
A Half-Dressed Emperor: Societal Self-Deception and Recent "Japanokritik" in America
William R. LaFleur
Thirteen
Facing the Self with Masks: Perspectives on the Personal from Nietzsche and the Japanese
Graham Parkes
Fourteen
Self-Deception: A Comparative Study
Eliot Deutsch
Fifteen
Self-Deception and Cultural Contextualization: Reflections on Two Indian Novels
Wimal Dissanayake
Sixteen
Ritual, Self-Deception, and Make-Believe: A Classical Buddhist Perspective
Richard P. Hayes
Contributors
Index