Autore
Livingstone Smith, David

Titolo
The form and function of self-deception: A biological model
Periodico
Sistemi intelligenti
Anno: 2013 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 565 - Pagina finale: 580

Theories of self-deception differ with respect to their views about its form and function. Intentionalists hold that self-deception resembles interpersonal deception, and that its function is to cause agents to adopt false beliefs. Nonintentionalistsreject this view, and argue that the form of self-deception is bestcaptured in terms of unconscious biases and that it does not have any function. I argue that both of these theories have major shortcomings, and present an alternative, called "teleofunctional non-intentionalism". On this account, selfdeception resembles the non-intentional deceptions perpetrated by non-human organisms and has the subintentional function of causing the agent's representational apparatus to fail.



SICI: 1120-9550(2013)3<565:TFAFOS>2.0.ZU;2-4
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