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, “The 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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