Hirstein, William.

Brain Fiction : Self-Deception and the Riddle of Confabulation. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (302 pages) - Philosophical Psychopathology Series . - Philosophical Psychopathology Series .

Intro -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 - What Is Confabulation? -- 2 - Philosophy and Neuroscience -- 3 - Confabulation and Memory -- 4 - Liars, Sociopaths, and Confabulators -- 5 - Mind Reading and Misidentification -- 6 - Unawareness and Denial of Illness -- 7 - The Two Brains -- 8 - Confabulation and Knowledge -- 9 - Self-Deception -- 10 - Epilogue: Our Nature -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

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Deception.
Self-deception.
Mythomania.


Electronic books.

RC569.5.D44H577 2005

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