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    It is not the case that If our access to our own acts were genuinely certain, self-deception would be conceptually impossible, yet self-deception is a well-documented and philosophically robust phenomenon.

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    • 1.Self-deception doesn't require uncertain self-access; it only requires that some mental states remain private or inaccessible to introspection.
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    • 2.The claim conflates certainty with access itself—we could have reliable access without absolute certainty, preventing self-deception.
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    • 3.Self-deception might be conceptually possible even with genuine access if we can rationally override or suppress what we know about ourselves.
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    • 1.Self-deception requires simultaneous belief and disbelief about the same proposition, which reveals a gap in our self-access.
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    • 2.Psychological research documents motivated reasoning and implicit biases that operate below conscious awareness and self-report.
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    • 3.If we had certain access to our acts, we couldn't be deceived about our own intentions, motives, or the reasons for our choices.
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