Delusion and Self-Deception: Affective and Motivational Influences on Belief Formation

by Tim Bayne

Book Overview

This collection of essays focuses on the interface between delusions and self-deception. As pathologies of belief, delusions and self-deception raise many of the same challenges for those seeking to understand them. Are delusions and self-deception entirely distinct phenomena, or might some forms of self-deception also qualify as delusional? To what extent might models of self-deception and delusion share common factors? In what ways do affect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138876755
• ISBN13: 9781138876750
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"