Hypothesis: in many important cases someone with an alief tending toward not-A and a belief that A, will behave differently than someone otherwise similar who consistently endorses not-A. Assuming the belief that A came about in the right way, that’s genuine self-deception.
My current reaction to situations like this one is more or less the following:
-- Geoff Anders
(Geoff seems to use “belief” to mean alief, more or less.)
Hypothesis: in many important cases someone with an alief tending toward not-A and a belief that A, will behave differently than someone otherwise similar who consistently endorses not-A. Assuming the belief that A came about in the right way, that’s genuine self-deception.