{"product_id":"selfdeception-unmasked-9780691057453","title":"SelfDeception Unmasked","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelf-deception raises questions about the nature of belief and the structure of the human mind. This book takes the issue with commonplace attempts to equate the processes of self-deception with those of stereotypical interpersonal deception.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn engaging and accessible read... What is particularly compelling about Mele's analysis of self-deception is that it demonstrates, in contrast with many accounts ..., that we have relatively little control over many of the beliefs that are most important to us... The book gives rise to many fascinating questions about human nature.\"--Julie E. Kirsch, Ethics \"An engaging and accessible read for both those who have and those who have not previously thought extensively about self-deception... What is particularly compelling about Mele's analysis of self-deception is that it demonstrates, in contrast with many accounts of self-deception that purport to demonstrate the opposite, that we have relatively little control over many of the beliefs that are most important to us--beliefs that concern the objects of our desires... [T]he book gives rise to many fascinating questions concerning human nature.\"--Julie E. Kirsch, Ethics \"Self-Deception Unmasked provides an accessible, digestible, sophisticated, and up-to-date discussion of Mele's valuable contributions to our understanding of self-deception.\"--Paul Sheldon Davies, Philosophia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix  Chapter 1. Introduction: Approaches, Puzzles, Biases,and Agency 3  Chapter 2. Graden-Variety Straight Self-Deception: Some Psychological Process 25  Chapter 3. Self-Deception without Puzzles 50  Chapter 4. Attempted Empirical Demostrations of Strict Self-Deception 76  Chapter 5. Twisted Self-Deception 94  Chapter 6. Conclusion 119  Notes 125  References 137  Index 145","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403704607063,"sku":"9780691057453","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/selfdeception-unmasked-9780691057453","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}