David Smith publishes in Italian cognitive science journal

David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, recently published an article in the Italian cognitive science journal Systemi Intelligenti.

The article, β€œThe form and function of self-deception: a biological model,” argues that existing theories of self-deception are flawed and offers a new theory based on the model of deception by non-human organisms.

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