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Two problems with “self-deception”: No “self” and no “deception”
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 February 2011
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While the idea that being wrong can be strategically advantageous in the context of social strategy is sound, the idea that there is a “self” to be deceived might not be. The modular view of the mind finesses this difficulty and is useful – perhaps necessary – for discussing the phenomena currently grouped under the term “self-deception.”
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