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Does self-deception involve intentional biasing?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

W. J. Talbott
W. J. Talbott
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3350 wtalbott@u.washington.edu weber.u.washington.edu/~wtalbott/
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I agree with Mele that self-deception is not intentional deception; but I do believe that self-deception involves intentional biasing, primarily for two reasons: (1) There is a Bayesian model of self-deception that explains why the biasing is rational. (2) It is implausible that the observed behavior of self- deceivers could be generated by Mele's “blind” mechanisms.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 127
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© 1997 Cambridge University Press