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It may require another person to deceive oneself

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

Jean-Pierre Dupuy
Affiliation:
CREA, Ecole Polytechnique, 75005 Paris, Francejpdupuy@poly.polytechnique.fr

Abstract

There are other options than the opposition set by Mele between his own account and the strict interpersonal model. The notion of collective self-deception or “social hypocrisy” is discussed and shown to be nonparadoxical. When an individual consciousness lies to itself, there is often a form of “negative collaboration” with another.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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