Self and Deception

Roger T. Ames is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii. In addition to co-editing Self as Body in Asian Theory and Practice; Self as Person in Asian Theory and Practice; and Self as Image in Asian Theory and Practice, his major publications include Anticipating China: Thinking Through the Narratives of Chinese and Western Culture (with David L. Hall); Thinking Through Confucius (edited with David L. Hall); Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought: Essays in Environmental Philosophy (edited with J. Baird Callicott), all published by SUNY Press. He is also the co-editor of the SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture. Wimal Dissanayake is Senior Fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. He co-edited, with Thomas P. Kasulis and Roger T. Ames, Self as Body in Asian Theory and Practice; Self as Person in Asian Theory and Practice; and Self as Image in Asian Theory and Practice, all published by SUNY Press.

"The book is a provocative trailblazer in that it explores the problematic issues of 'self' and 'deception,' and particularly, 'self-deception,' not only from an epistemological perspective but also from cross-cultural dimensions. While the approach is primarily philosophic, the work is pregnant with implications for cognitive science, cultural anthropology, sociology of knowledge, decision-making theory, and even theoretical biology." — Leo Chang, Regis College

• IntroductionRoger T. Ames And Wimal DissanayakeOneOn the Very Possibility of Self-DeceptionBrian P. McLaughlin TwoThe Vital but Dangerous Art of Ignoring: Selective Attention and Self-DeceptionAnnette C. Baier ThreeUser-Friendly Self-Deception: A Traveler's ManualAmélie Oksenberg Rorty FourSelf, Deception, and Self-Deception in PhilosophyRobert C. Solomon FiveBad Faith and Kitsch as Models for Self-DeceptionKathleen Marie Higgins SixUnloading The Self-Refutation ChargeBarbara Herrnstein Smith SevenFalsity, Psychic Indefiniteness, and Self-KnowledgeJoel J. Kupperman EightA Confucian Perspective on Self-DeceptionA. S. Cua NineA Confucian Construction of a Self-Deceivable SelfRobert Cummings NevilleTenThe Classical Chinese Self and HypocrisyRoger T. AmesElevenOur Names Are Legion for We Are Many: On the Academics of DeceptionDavid L. Hall TwelveA Half-Dressed Emperor: Societal Self-Deception and Recent "Japanokritik" in AmericaWilliam R. LaFleur ThirteenFacing the Self with Masks: Perspectives on the Personal from Nietzsche and the JapaneseGraham Parkes FourteenSelf-Deception: A Comparative StudyEliot Deutsch FifteenSelf-Deception and Cultural Contextualization: Reflections on Two Indian NovelsWimal DissanayakeSixteenRitual, Self-Deception, and Make-Believe: A Classical Buddhist PerspectiveRichard P. Hayes Contributors Index