Dear Colleagues,

Thanks to Michael Biggs for introducing me to Herbert Fingarette. I
went looking for the book, and I ordered a copy.

The 1969 edition seems to be out of print, but University of
California Press brought out a new edition in 2000 with additional
contents by the author. I was interested to note that Fingarette
draws on some of the sources mentioned here, including Kierkegaard,
Freud, and Sartre.

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Self-Deception.

by Herbert Fingarette

This new edition of Herbert Fingarette's classic study in
philosophical psychology now includes a provocative recent essay on
the topic by the author. A seminal work, the book has deeply
influenced the fields of philosophy, ethics, psychology, and
cognitive science, and it remains an important focal point for the
large body of literature on self-decpetion that has appeared since
its publication. How can one deceive oneself if the very idea of
deception implies that the deceiver knows the truth? The resolution
of this paradox leads Fingarette to fundamental insights into the
mind at work. He questions our basic ideas of self and the
unconscious, personal responsibility and our ethical categories of
guilt and innocence. Fingarette applies these ideas to the
philosophies of Sartre and Kierkegaard, as well as to Freud's
psychoanalytic theories and to contemporary research into
neurosurgery.

Fingarette, Herbert. 2000. Self-Deception. Berkeley: University of
California Press. ISBN: 0520220528

New Edition. [First published 1969 in London]. [vi]+189+[5]pp. Trade
paperback. With a new chapter originally published 1998 as
"Self-Deception Needs No Explaining" in _The Philosophical Quarterly_
(Vol. 48 #192).

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After ordering the book, I located a copy of Fingarette's 1998
article. I have it in .pdf format. If you would like a copy as an
email attachment, drop me an off-list note with the word Fingarette
in the Subject: header.

Best regards,

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Ken Friedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
Department of Leadership and Organization
Norwegian School of Management

Visiting Professor
Advanced Research Institute
School of Art and Design
Staffordshire University