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With a new chapter
This new edition of Herbert Fingarette's classic study in philosophical psychology now includes a provocative recent essay on the topic by the author. 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? The resolution of this paradox leads Fingarette to fundamental insights into the mind at work. He questions our basic ideas of self and the unconscious, personal responsibility and our ethical categories of guilt and innocence. Fingarette applies these ideas to the philosophies of Sartre and Kierkegaard, as well as to Freud's psychoanalytic theories and to contemporary research into neurosurgery. Included in this new edition, Fingarette's most recent essay, "Self-Deception Needs No Explaining (1998)," challenges the ideas in the extant literature.
From the Inside Flap
"Fingarette's book on the topic is so firmly and deservedly entrenched it is 'essential reading.'"--Roger Squires, Editor, The Philosophical Quarterly
"It was Herbert Fingarette, in his book Self-Deception, who made the theme of self-identity central in thinking about self-deception. . . . Quite simply, it is the most important single work on the topic. It is a classic that merits staying in print for many years to come." Mike W. Martin, author of Self-Deception and Self-Understanding
"Since 1962 our writings on self-deception have been largely directed at the two philosophers who are to be thanked most justly and warmly for keeping interest in self-deception alive: Professor Herbert Fingarette of the University of Cailfomia, Santa Barbara, and the late Jean-Paul Sartre." --John King-Farlow and Richard Bosley
"The best treatment of self-deception I know to date remains that of Herbert Fingarette in Self-Deception."--Ronald B. deSousa, Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto
"A classic." --Robert C. Solomon, author of The Passions
See all Editorial Reviews
With a new chapter
This new edition of Herbert Fingarette's classic study in philosophical psychology now includes a provocative recent essay on the topic by the author. 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? The resolution of this paradox leads Fingarette to fundamental insights into the mind at work. He questions our basic ideas of self and the unconscious, personal responsibility and our ethical categories of guilt and innocence. Fingarette applies these ideas to the philosophies of Sartre and Kierkegaard, as well as to Freud's psychoanalytic theories and to contemporary research into neurosurgery. Included in this new edition, Fingarette's most recent essay, "Self-Deception Needs No Explaining (1998)," challenges the ideas in the extant literature.
From the Inside Flap
"Fingarette's book on the topic is so firmly and deservedly entrenched it is 'essential reading.'"--Roger Squires, Editor, The Philosophical Quarterly
"It was Herbert Fingarette, in his book Self-Deception, who made the theme of self-identity central in thinking about self-deception. . . . Quite simply, it is the most important single work on the topic. It is a classic that merits staying in print for many years to come." Mike W. Martin, author of Self-Deception and Self-Understanding
"Since 1962 our writings on self-deception have been largely directed at the two philosophers who are to be thanked most justly and warmly for keeping interest in self-deception alive: Professor Herbert Fingarette of the University of Cailfomia, Santa Barbara, and the late Jean-Paul Sartre." --John King-Farlow and Richard Bosley
"The best treatment of self-deception I know to date remains that of Herbert Fingarette in Self-Deception."--Ronald B. deSousa, Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto
"A classic." --Robert C. Solomon, author of The Passions
See all Editorial Reviews
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 11 books Explore: Citations | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - CAPs: The Splitting of the Ego Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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Were a portrait of man to be drawn, one in which there would be highlighted whatever is most human, he it noble or ignoble, we should surely place well in the foreground man's enormous capacity for self-deception. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Splitting of the Ego New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Were a portrait of man to be drawn, one in which there would be highlighted whatever is most human, he it noble or ignoble, we should surely place well in the foreground man's enormous capacity for self-deception. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Splitting of the Ego New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 11
books:
- Being And Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre on 4 pages
- The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition For Upbuilding And Awakening (Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 19) by Soren Kierkegaard on page 100, and Back Matter
- Purity of Heart: Is To Will One Thing (Harper Torchbooks) by Soren Kierkegaard on page 103
- Study of Self-Deception (Studies in Philosophy, 27) by Mary R. Haight in Back Matter
- Foundations of Psychopathology by Joh