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Title:
The folly of fools : the logic of deceit and self-deception in human life / Robert Trivers.
Author:
Trivers, Robert.
Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, c2011.
Call Number:
BF697.5.S426 T76 2011
ISBN:
9780465027552
Physical Description:
xvi, 397 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
The evolutionary logic of self-deception -- Deception in nature -- Neurophysiology and levels of imposed self-deception -- Self-deception in the family -- and the split self -- Deceit, self-deception, and sex -- The immunology of self-deception -- The psychology of self-deception -- Self-deception in everyday life -- Self-deception in aviation and space disasters -- False historical narratives -- Self-deception and war -- Religion and self-deception -- Self-deception and the structure of the social sciences -- Fighting self-deception in our own lives.
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