Perspectives on Self-Deception

Students of philosophy, psychology, sociology, and literature will welcome this collection of original essays on self-deception and related phenomena such as wishful thinking, bad faith, and false consciousness. The book has six sections, each exploring self-deception and related phenomena from a different perspective.

Brian P. McLaughlin is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Amélie Oksenberg Rorty is a Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University.

Sections and Contributors:
The Analysis of Self-Deception
Amélie Oksenberg Rorty
Brian P. McLaughlin
Mark Johnston
Robert Audi
The Epistemic Dimension of Self-Deception
Bas C. van Fraassen
David H. Sanford
Adam Morton
Frederick F. Schmitt
The Psychology of Self-Deception
Allen W. Wood
Edward Erwin
Leila Tov-Ruach
Georges Rey
Adrian M. S. Piper
Ronald B. de Sousa
The Social Dimension of Self-Deception
Allen W. Wood
Rom Harre'
William Ruddick
Bruce Wilshire
The Moral Dimension of Self-Deception
Stephen L. Darwall
Marcia Baron
Stephen L. White
Self-Deception in Literature
Martha Nussbaum
Margret Kohlenbach
Rüdiger Bittner