Self Knowledge And Self Deception

Author : Hugo Strandberg
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137538228
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Self-Knowledge and Self-Deception written by Hugo Strandberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to acquire a better understanding of the question 'who am I?' By means of the concepts of self-knowledge and self-deception questions about the self are studied. The light in which its topic is seen is the light of love, the light in which other people really become visible and so oneself in one's relation to them.

Author : Christoph Michel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783897856455
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Self-knowledge and Self-deception written by Christoph Michel and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christoph Michel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783897858367
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Self-knowledge and Self-deception written by Christoph Michel and published by . This book was released on with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-knowledge and self-deception present fundamental problems and puzzles to philosophy of mind. In this book accounts of both phenomena are systematically developed and defended against classical and recent views. The proposed "cognitive ascent model" offers an explanation of the intuitive peculiarity of self-knowledge as well as of the reach and limits of our epistemic privilege. The model builds on a general transparency principle for attitudes. Transparency can be the key to a genuinely first-personal knowledge of attitudes to the extent that someone's having a certain attitude is to be i.

Author : Michael S. Myslobodsky
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1134793944
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mythomanias written by Michael S. Myslobodsky and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently, there has been a renewal of interest in the broad and loosely bounded range of phenomena called deception and self-deception. This volume addresses this interest shared by philosophers, social and clinical psychologists, and more recently, neuroscientists and cognitive scientists. Expert contributors provide timely, reliable, and insightful coverage of the normal range of errors in perception, memory, and behavior. They place these phenomena on a continuum with various syndromes and neuropsychiatric diseases where falsehood in perception, self-perception, cognition, and behaviors are a peculiar sign. Leading authorities examine the various forms of "mythomania," deception, and self-deception ranging from the mundane to the bizarre such as imposture, confabulations, minimization of symptomatology, denial, and anosognosia. Although the many diverse phenomena discussed here share a family resemblance, they are unlikely to have a common neurological machinery. In order to reach an explanation for these phenomena, a reliable pattern of lawful behavior must be delineated. It would then be possible to develop reasonable explanations based upon the underlying neurobiological processes that give rise to deficiencies designated as the mythomanias. The chapters herein begin to provide an outline of such a development. Taken as a whole, the collection is consistent with the emerging gospel indicating that neither the machinery of "nature" nor the forces of "nurture" taken alone are capable of explaining what makes cognition and behaviors aberrant.

Author : Jordi Fernández
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191640654
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transparent Minds written by Jordi Fernández and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all seem to be capable of telling what our current states of mind are. At any given moment, we know, for example, what we believe, and what we want. But how do we know that? In Transparent Minds, Jordi Fernández explains our knowledge of our own propositional attitudes. Drawing on the so-called 'transparency' of belief, he proposes that we attribute beliefs and desires to ourselves based on our grounds for those beliefs and desires. The book argues that this view explains our privileged access to those propositional attitudes. Three applications are drawn from the model of self-knowledge that emerges: a solution to Moore's paradox, an account of the thought-insertion delusion, and an explanation of self-deception. The puzzles raised by all three phenomena can be resolved, Fernández argues, if we construe them as failures of self-knowledge. The resulting picture of self-knowledge challenges the traditional notion that it is a matter of introspection. For the main tenet of Transparent Minds is that we come to know what we believe and desire by 'looking outward,' and attending to the states of affairs which those beliefs and desires are about.

Author : Brian P. McLaughlin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520061231
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Self-Deception written by Brian P. McLaughlin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1988-09 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students of philosophy, psychology, sociology, and literature will welcome this collection of original essays on self-deception and related phenomena such as wishful thinking, bad faith, and false consciousness. The book has six sections, each exploring self-deception and related phenomena from a different perspective.

Author : Abraham J Twerski
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1592858066
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Addictive Thinking written by Abraham J Twerski and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-06-03 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unpredictability and anxiety associated with the coronavirus pandemic can cloud and confuse everybody's thinking. Excuses, self-deception and addictive logic can harm your recovery and relationships. Don't let it. Author Abraham Twerski reveals how self-deceptive thought can undermine self-esteem and threaten the sobriety of a recovering individuals and offers hope to those seeking a healthy and rewarding recovery. Abnormal thinking in addiction was originally recognized by members of Alcoholics Anonymous, who coined the term "stinking thinking." Addictive thinking often appears rational superficially, hence addicts as well as their family members are easily seduced by the attendant--and erroneous--reasoning process it can foster. In Addictive Thinking, author Abraham Twerski reveals how self-deceptive thought can undermine self-esteem and threaten the sobriety of a recovering individual. This timely revision of the original classic includes updated information and research on depression and affective disorders, the relationship between addictive thinking and relapse, and the origins of addictive thought. Ultimately, Addictive Thinking offers hope to those seeking a healthy and rewarding life recovery.

Author : Robert Trivers
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780141019918
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deceit and Self-Deception written by Robert Trivers and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We lie to ourselves every day: about how well we drive, how much we're enjoying ourselves - even how good looking we are. In this ground-breaking book, Robert Trivers examines not only how we self-deceive, but also why, taking fascinating examples from aviation disasters, con artists, sexual betrayals and conflicts within families. Revealing, provocative and witty, Deceit and Self-Deception is one of the most vital books written this century, and will make you rethink everything that you think you know. 'Original and important . . . remarkable, thick with ideas.' Financial Times 'One of the great thinkers in the history of Western thought.' Steven Pinker 'A swift tour of links between deception and evolutionary progress . . . fascinating.' Economist 'I devoured it from cover to cover . . . exhilarating.' Guardian 'A powerful book . . . essential for anyone who wants to try to counter their own unconscious biases.' Independent

Author : Alfred R. Mele
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691057451
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Self-Deception Unmasked written by Alfred R. Mele and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-deception raises complex questions about the nature of belief and the structure of the human mind. In this book, Alfred Mele addresses four of the most critical of these questions: What is it to deceive oneself? How do we deceive ourselves? Why do we deceive ourselves? Is self-deception really possible? Drawing on cutting-edge empirical research on everyday reasoning and biases, Mele takes issue with commonplace attempts to equate the processes of self-deception with those of stereotypical interpersonal deception. Such attempts, he demonstrates, are fundamentally misguided, particularly in the assumption that self-deception is intentional. In their place, Mele proposes a compelling, empirically informed account of the motivational causes of biased beliefs. At the heart of this theory is an appreciation of how emotion and motivation may, without our knowing it, bias our assessment of evidence for beliefs. Highlighting motivation and emotion, Mele develops a pair of approaches for explaining the two forms of self-deception: the "straight" form, in which we believe what we want to be true, and the "twisted" form, in which we believe what we wish to be false. Underlying Mele's work is an abiding interest in understanding and explaining the behavior of real human beings. The result is a comprehensive, elegant, empirically grounded theory of everyday self-deception that should engage philosophers and social scientists alike.

Author : The Arbinger Institute
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1576755029
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leadership and Self-deception written by The Arbinger Institute and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains why self-deception is at the heart of many leadership problems, identifying destructive patterns that undermine the successes of potentially excellent professionals while revealing how to improve teamwork, communication, and motivation. Reprint.