Dion Scott-Kakures
Biographic Data
| ID | 9612554 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dion Scott-Kakures |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dion |
| FAMILY NAME | Scott-Kakures |
| SIGNATURE | SCOTT-KAKURES D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Self-Deceptive Inquiry
I develop the claim that paradigmatic cases of self-deceptive inquiry and belief-formation result from cognitive disorientation. In cognitive disorientation, the data, experiences, and practices we make use of in typical inquiry lead us awry in systematic fashion. The self-deceiver encounters a puzzle or a threat to her picture of the world; this doubt or uncertainty gives rise to questions she struggles to settle. Drawing on the theory of cognit…
Unsettling Questions
Seeing through Self-Deception
Self-Deception and Internal Irrationality
There are a number of answers that I have either explicitly or implicitly rejected. One is David Pears' suggestion that the self-deceiver must 'forget' or otherwise conceal from himself how he came to believe what he does. I agree that the self-deceiver would like to do this, and if he does, he has in a clear sense succeeded in deceiving himself. But this degree and kind of success makes self-deception a process and not a state, and it is unclear…
On Belief and the Captivity of the Will
On Belief and the Captivity of the Will
Unsettling Questions
Self-Deception and Internal Irrationality
There are a number of answers that I have either explicitly or implicitly rejected. One is David Pears' suggestion that the self-deceiver must 'forget' or otherwise conceal from himself how he came to believe what he does. I agree that the self-deceiver would like to do this, and if he does, he has in a clear sense succeeded in deceiving himself. But this degree and kind of success makes self-deception a process and not a state, and it is unclear…
On Belief and the Captivity of the Will
Self-Deception and Internal Irrationality
There are a number of answers that I have either explicitly or implicitly rejected. One is David Pears' suggestion that the self-deceiver must 'forget' or otherwise conceal from himself how he came to believe what he does. I agree that the self-deceiver would like to do this, and if he does, he has in a clear sense succeeded in deceiving himself. But this degree and kind of success makes self-deception a process and not a state, and it is unclear…
Seeing through Self-Deception
Unsettling Questions
Self-Deceptive Inquiry
I develop the claim that paradigmatic cases of self-deceptive inquiry and belief-formation result from cognitive disorientation. In cognitive disorientation, the data, experiences, and practices we make use of in typical inquiry lead us awry in systematic fashion. The self-deceiver encounters a puzzle or a threat to her picture of the world; this doubt or uncertainty gives rise to questions she struggles to settle. Drawing on the theory of cognit…
Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Deception (2 works) · Self-deception (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Appeal (1 work) · Applied philosophy (1 work)