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- catalog abstract ""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 examining the stories we tell, the falsehoods we weave, and the unconscious signals we send out, we can learn much about ourselves and how our minds work."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13312611.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""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 examining the stories we tell, the falsehoods we weave, and the unconscious signals we send out, we can learn much about ourselves and how our minds work."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-232) and index.".
- catalog description "Natural-born liars -- Manipulators and mind readers -- The evolution of Machiavelli -- The architecture of the Machiavellian mind -- Social poker -- Hot gossip -- Machiavelli on the couch -- Conspiratorial whispers and covert operations -- Coda : Descarte's dream.".
- catalog extent "ix, 238 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0312310390".
- catalog identifier "9780312310394".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : St. Martin's Press,".
- catalog subject "153.6 22".
- catalog subject "BF637.D42 S65 2004".
- catalog subject "Deception.".
- catalog subject "Self-deception.".
- catalog subject "Sociobiology.".
- catalog subject "Subconsciousness.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Natural-born liars -- Manipulators and mind readers -- The evolution of Machiavelli -- The architecture of the Machiavellian mind -- Social poker -- Hot gossip -- Machiavelli on the couch -- Conspiratorial whispers and covert operations -- Coda : Descarte's dream.".
- catalog title "Why we lie : the evolutionary roots of deception and the unconscious mind / David Livingstone Smith.".
- catalog type "text".