Self and deception : a cross-cultural philosophical enquiry / edited by Roger T. Ames and Wimal Dissanayake.

Other author Ames, Roger T., 1947-
Other author Dissanayake, Wimal.
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press, ©1996.
Descriptionvii, 373 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Self-deception.

Contents On the very possibility of self-deception / Brian P. McLaughlin -- Vital but dangerous art of ignoring : selective attention and self-deception / Annette C. Baier -- User-friendly self-deception / Amélie Oksenberg Rorty -- Self, deception, and self-deception in philosophy / Robert C. Solomon -- Bad faith and Kitsch as models for self-deception / Kathleen Marie Higgins -- Unloading the self-refutation charge / Barbara Herrnstein Smith -- Falsity, psychic indefiniteness, and self-knowledge / Joel J. Kupperman -- Confucian perspective on self-deception / A. S. Cua --
Contents Confucian construction of a self-deceivable self / Robert Cummings Neville -- Classical Chinese self and hypocrisy / Roger T. Ames -- Our names are legion for we are many : on the academics of deception / David L. Hall -- Half-dressed emperor : societal self-deception and recent "Japanokritik" in America / William R. LaFleur -- Facing the self with masks : perspectives on the personal from Nietzsche and the Japanese / Graham Parkes -- Self-deception : a comparative study / Eliot Deutsch -- Self-deception and cultural contextualization : reflections on two Indian novels / Wimal Dissanayake -- Ritual, self-deception, and make-believe : a classical Buddhist perspective / Richard P. Hayes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 96001329
ISBN0791430316 (alk. paper)
ISBN0791430324 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BD439 .S45 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold