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 …

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 …

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 …

There is no such thing as self-deception. Self-deception qua selfdeception is a myth. The
notion of “self-deception” when treated seriously is intrinsically incoherent. Philosophical …

Is it possible for me to believe what I know not to be the case? It certainly does not seem
possible for me, at the same time, to be aware of the fact that a given proposition is true and …

RECENT philosophical work on self-deception revolves around two interrelated collections
of paradoxes. One collection focuses on the state of self-deception. The other is centrally …

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 this essay, I defend the following two claims:(1) reflective, critical reasoning is essential to
the process of self‐deception; and (2), the process of self‐deception involves a certain …

The philosophical difficulties presented by self‐deception are vexed and multifaceted. One
such difficulty is what I call the 'doxastic problem'of self‐deception. Solving the doxastic …

DELROY L. PAULHUS ЕН| М ВЦЈСКЕШ 5 n common parlance, self-deception is the act of
lying to oneself. When more rigor-ous definitions are attempted, this straightforward notion …