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The many faces of self-deception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

Dennis Krebs ,
J'Anne Ward  and
Tim Racine
Dennis Krebs
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A-1S6, Canadakrebs@sfu.cajward@arts.sfu.catpracine@sfu.ca
J'Anne Ward
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A-1S6, Canadakrebs@sfu.cajward@arts.sfu.catpracine@sfu.ca
Tim Racine
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A-1S6, Canadakrebs@sfu.cajward@arts.sfu.catpracine@sfu.ca
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Abstract

Those who invoke the word self-deception to represent one phenomenon often argue that those who use it to represent another are misusing the construct. Better to recognize that self-deception is a fuzzy concept that may be used to represent a variety of mental processes and states, and to direct our energy toward distinguishing empirically among its forms and functions.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 119
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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