Why we lie : the evolutionary roots of deception and the unconscious mind / David Livingstone Smith.
Why we lie : the evolutionary roots of deception and the unconscious mind / David Livingstone Smith.
Why we lie : the evolutionary roots of deception and the unconscious mind / David Livingstone Smith.
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New York : St. Martin's Press, c2004.
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N153.6/37
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English
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238 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents
1. Natural-born liars -- 2. Manipulators and mind readers -- 3. The evolution of Machiavelli -- 4. The architecture of the Machiavellian mind -- 5. Social poker -- 6. Hot gossip -- 7. Machiavelli on the couch -- 8. Conspiratorial whispers and covert operations -- Coda : Descartes's demon -- App. I....
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New York : St. Martin's Press, c2004.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2004.
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"Now, for the first time, philosopher and evolutionary psychologist David Livingstone Smith elucidates the essential role that deception and self deception have played in human - and animal - evolution and demonstrates that the very structure of our minds has been shaped from our earliest beginnings by the need to deceive. Smith shows us that by ex...
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Why we lie : the evolutionary roots of deception and the unconscious mind / David Livingstone Smith.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2004.
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N153.6/37
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74VKDzk74peX
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0312310390 (hbk.)
9780312310394
0312310390
9780312310394 (hbk.)
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153.6
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991018973779702626
