Frankish, Keith
(2011).
Conscious thinking, acceptance, and self-deception.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 34(1),
pp. 20–21.
Abstract
This commentary describes another variety of self-deception, highly relevant to von Hippel & Trivers’s (VH&T’s) project. Drawing on dual-process theories, I propose that conscious thinking is a voluntary activity motivated by metacognitive attitudes, and that our choice of reasoning strategies and premises may be biased by unconscious desires to self-deceive. Such biased reasoning could facilitate interpersonal deception, in line with VH&T’s view.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
2011 Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: |
1469-1825 |
| Extra Information: |
Open peer commentary on William von Hippel and Robert Trivers, 'The evolution and psychology of self-deception' |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > Philosophy |
| Item ID: |
27793 |
| Depositing User: |
Keith Frankish
|
| Date Deposited: |
23 Mar 2011 15:57 |
| Last Modified: |
23 Oct 2012 14:25 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/27793 |
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