At "permanent risk": Reasoning and self-knowledge in self-deception

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 65 (3):576-603 (2002)
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Abstract

In this essay, I defend the following two claims: reflective, critical reasoning is essential to the process of self-deception; and , the process of self-deception involves a certain characteristic error of self-knowledge. By appeal to and , I hope to show that we can adjudicate the current dispute about the nature of self-deception between those we might term "traditionalists," and those we might term "deflationists.".

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