Ohlhorst, Jakob (2018). HOW TO TRAGICALLY DECEIVE YOURSELF. Ateliers Ethique, 13 (2). S. 48 - 70. MONTREAL: UNIV MONTREAL, FAC ARTS & SCIENCES. ISSN 1718-9977
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This paper introduces the concept of tragic self-deception. Taking the basic notion that self-deception is motivated belief against better evidence, I argue that there are extreme cases of self-deception even when the contrary evidence is compelling. These I call cases of tragic self-deception. Such strong evidence could be argued to exclude the possibility of self-deception; it would be a delusion instead. To sidestep this conclusion, I introduce the Wittgensteinian concept of certainties or hinges: acceptances that are beyond evidential justification. One particular type of certainties-iHinges, which are adopted for motivational reasons-explain the phenomenon of tragic self-deception: they warrant the subject's dismissal of the evidence without loss of rationality from the subject's point of view. Subsequently, I deal with some objections that can be raised against this account of self-deception.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-185599 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.7202/1059499ar | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Ateliers Ethique | ||||||||
Volume: | 13 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Page Range: | S. 48 - 70 | ||||||||
Date: | 2018 | ||||||||
Publisher: | UNIV MONTREAL, FAC ARTS & SCIENCES | ||||||||
Place of Publication: | MONTREAL | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1718-9977 | ||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||
Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/18559 |
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