Galgut, Elisa Lynn2018-07-232018-07-231991https://hdl.handle.net/10539/25151A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the Degree of Master of Arts.The topic of this dissertation is self-deception. It involves a general analysis of the problem, however, the central discussion centres on an agency-type approach to the problem, and in particular on Freudian-type approach.enFreud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.Self-deception.Thesis