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The uses of self-deception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

Howard Rachlin  and
Marvin Frankel
Howard Rachlin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794 hrachlin@psych1.psy.sunysb.edu
Marvin Frankel
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY 10708
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Abstract

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The essence of a mental event such as self-deception lies in its function – its place in the life of an animal. But the function of self-deception corresponds to that of interpersonal deception. Therefore self-deception, contrary to Mele's thesis, is essentially isomorphic with interpersonal deception.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 124 - 125
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© 1997 Cambridge University Press