Self-Deception Fingarette Herbert
Self-Deception Fingarette Herbert With a new chapterThis new edition of Herbert Fingarette's classic study in philosophical psychology now includes a provocative recent essay on the topic by the…
Specifikacia Self-Deception Fingarette Herbert
Self-Deception Fingarette Herbert
With a new chapterThis new edition of Herbert Fingarette's classic study in philosophical psychology now includes a provocative recent essay on the topic by the author. The resolution of this paradox leads Fingarette to fundamental insights into the mind at work. A seminal work, the book has deeply influenced the fields of philosophy, ethics, psychology, and cognitive science, and it remains an important focal point for the large body of literature on self-deception that has appeared since its publication.How can one deceive oneself if the very idea of deception implies that the deceiver knows the truth?
Fingarette applies these ideas to the philosophies of Sartre and Kierkegaard, as well as to Freud's psychoanalytic He questions our basic ideas of self and the unconscious, personal responsibility and our ethical categories of guilt and innocence.