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Autoinganno
Pedrini, Patrizia
2013
Abstract
In this entry I explore the phenomenon of self-deception, which belongs to the family of the so called “motivated irrationality”. I will review the main questions on which the philosophical discussion focuses, among which is the problem of establishing whether or not self-deception is intentional. We will also address the problem of the motivational content of self-deception, summarized by the question “What does the self-deceiver want?” We will also try to adjudicate the question whether the self-deceiver is really convinced of the truth of what he or she tells to himself or herself. We will also see what it is that a self-deceiver does not know about himself or herself and we will analyze how we should assess self-deception as external observers
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Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Patrizia Pedrini, "Autoinganno", in "APhEx 7", 2013, pp. 22
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it
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