PHIL 4983: Capstone: Self-Deception
MWF, 11:50-12:40; MAIN 425
January 15
No Class -- MLK Holiday
January 17
Background reading: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/self-deception/
January 19
Freud, The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Chapter VII Notes
January 22
Sartre, Being and Nothingness, "Bad Faith" Notes
January 24
Cont'd
January 26
Davidson, "Deception and Division" Notes
January 29
Funkhouser, Self-Deception, §1.1-2.2
January 31
Lazar, "Deceiving Oneself or Self-Deceived?" Notes
February 2
Funkhouser, Self-Deception, §2.3
February 5
Mele, "Real Self-Deception" Notes
February 7
Cont'd
February 9
Selected Commentaries Notes
February 12
Taylor and Brown, "Illusion and Well-Being" Notes
February 14
Robins and Beer, "Positive Illusions about the Self" Notes
Paper Assignment #1 Due
February 16
Sedikides and Alicke, "Self-Enhancement and Self-Protection Motives" Notes
February 19
Nelkin, "Self-Deception, Motivation, and the Desire to Believe" Notes
February 21
Funkhouser, "Do the Self-Deceived Get What They Want?" Notes
February 23
Funkhouser, Self-Deception, §2.4-2.7
February 26
Funkhouser, "Self-Deception and the Limits of Folk Psychology" Notes
February 28
Lynch, "On the "Tension" Inherent in Self-Deception" Notes
March 2
None
March 5
Gendler, "Self-Deception as Pretense" Notes
Take-Home Midterm Questions (Modified)
March 7
Schwitzgebel, "In-Between Believing" Notes
March 9
None
March 12
Funkhouser, Self-Deception, §3.1-3.2
March 14
Funkhouser, Self-Deception, §3.3-3.4
March 16
Take-Home Midterm Due
March 19-23 No Class -- Spring Break
March 26
Bermudez, "Self-Deception, Intentions, and Contradictory Beliefs" Notes
March 28
Huang and Bargh, "The Selfish Goal" Notes
March 30
Cont'd
April 2
Funkhouser and Barrett, "Robust, Unconscious Self-Deception"
April 4
Doody, "Is There Evidence of Robust, Unconscious Self-Deception?"
Funkhouser and Barrett, "Reply to Doody"
Paper Assignment #2 Due
April 6
Cont'd
April 9
Von Hippel and Trivers, "The Evolution and Psychology of Self-Deception" Notes
April 11
Cont'd
April 13
Selected Commentaries
April 16
Paulhus, "Socially Desirable Responding" Notes
April 18
Trivers, "Deceit and Self-Deception"
April 20
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/real-consequences-fake-news-stories-brain-cant-ignore
https://theconversation.com/misinformation-on-social-media-can-technology-save-us-69264
April 23
Funkhouser, Self-Deception, §5.2-5.4
April 25
Levy, "Self-Deception and Moral Responsibility" Notes
April 27
Fernandez, "Self-Deception and Self-Knowledge"
April 30
Galeotti, "Liars or Self-Deceived? Reflections on Political Deception"
May 2
Hancock and Toma, "Putting Your Best Face Forward"
Final Paper Due
May 9
Final Exam (12:45 - 2:45)