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Self-Deception - Active sex addicts must continually convince themselves of several things:
Sex Addiction: Explanation or Excuse? 5 Common Traits Barb Rogers 2010
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Self-Deception - Active sex addicts must continually convince themselves of several things:
Barb Rogers: Sex Addiction: Explanation or Excuse? 5 Common Traits 2010
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“Rationality and the Structure of Self-Deception”, in Gianfranco, S.. (ed.), 1994, European Review of Philosophy, Volume 1: Philosophy of Mind, Stanford: CSLI Publications.
Self-Deception Deweese-Boyd, Ian 2008
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McLaughlin, B. and Rorty, A.O. (eds.), 1988, Perspectives on Self-Deception, Berkeley: University of California Press.
Self-Deception Deweese-Boyd, Ian 2008
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˜What Is Wrong with Self-Deception?™, in B.P. McLaughlin and A. Oksenberg Rorty (eds.), P.rspectives on Self-Deception.
The Definition of Lying and Deception Mahon, James Edwin 2008
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On The Nation's Open Letter to Obama: Wishful Thinking and Deadly Self-Deception yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'On The Nation\'s Open Letter to Obama: Wishful Thinking and Deadly Self-Deception'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Sanitizing Obama\'s positions is dangerously similar to how the Pentagon refers to civilian deaths as "collateral damage"; it numbs people to reality and makes it easier for them to acquiesce.
On The Nation's Open Letter to Obama:Wishful Thinking and Deadly Self-Deception 2008
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˜Epistemic Dimensions of Self-Deception™, in Perspectives on Self-Deception.
The Definition of Lying and Deception Mahon, James Edwin 2008
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The Reformed Gay: A Spiritual Path of Self-Deception yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'The Reformed Gay: A Spiritual Path of Self-Deception'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: The latest example of the spiritual path of the "Reformed Gay" is Michael Glatze\'s account of his spiritual journey in "How a \'gay rights\' leader became straight "(July 3, 2007), an op-ed for the right-wing ezine WorldNetDaily.
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An interesting post on Self-Deception and the Problem with Religious Belief Formation at "Philosophy Talk".
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In the sonnet, _When I shall be divorced_, Mr Arnold tried the Elizabethan vein with less success than in his Shakespeare piece; and _Self-Deception_ and _Lines written by a Death-Bed_, with some beauty have more monotony.
Matthew Arnold George Saintsbury 1889
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