This volume gathers together new essays on deception and self-deception by leading
thinkers on the subject. The contributors discuss topics including the nature and the …

1. Most of us agree that there is something objectionable about self-deception. But despite
the considerable attention that philosophers have given to the question of what self …

In spite of the proliferation of often revealing scholarly treatises on self-deception over the
past two decades, the problem still awaits convincing theoretical resolution. The minor …

This book systematically explores the moral issues surrounding self-deception. While many
articles and books have been written on the concept of self-deception in recent years …

Self-deception is a philosophically challenging subject. It interests psychologists as well as
philosophers,'and it is widely recognized to constitute a good test case in both fields: a …

Virtually every aspect of self-deception, including its definition and paradigmatic cases, is a
matter of controversy among philosophers. Minimally, self-deception involves a person who …

LATELY there has been much interest shown by philosophers in the concept of self-
deception. 1 This may be due to the fact that the concept of self deception is intrinsically …

Questions central to the philosophical discussion of lying to others and other-deception
(interpersonal deceiving) may be divided into two kinds. Questions of the first kind are …

It is not easy to see how self-deception is possible because the man who deceives himself
seems to be required to play two incompatible roles, that of deceiver and that of deceived …

This essay offers definitions of the concepts of lying and deception and explains the
distinctions between lying, deception, withholding information,“keeping someone in the …