Self-Deception, Beliefs Systems and Self-knowledge’s Errors
Richard Holton has criticized the common idea that self-deception is deception by the self, and suggested it is rather deception about the self; self-deception must include necessarily erroneous beliefs about the self. In this article I claim that this condition is not necessary, based on two centra...
| Autor Principal: | Fernández Acevedo, Gustavo |
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - Departamento de Humanidades
2015
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http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113062 |
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Richard Holton has criticized the common idea that self-deception is deception by the self, and suggested it is rather deception about the self; self-deception must include necessarily erroneous beliefs about the self. In this article I claim that this condition is not necessary, based on two central traits of self-deception: its temporal character and its bound to multiplication. In addition, I suggest an alternative condition in relation to the beliefs system implied in self-deception. |
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