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dc.rights.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisorAnderson, J.H.
dc.contributor.advisorKalis, A.
dc.contributor.advisorZiche, P.G.
dc.contributor.authorRietdijk, N.W.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-05T17:01:07Z
dc.date.available2018-09-05T17:01:07Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/31075
dc.description.abstract"Gaslighting", a type of manipulation whereby one person has another doubt their own perception, judgment, and sense of reality, has been a household term in psychology since the 1960s. However, it has so far barely been studied by philosophers. In this thesis I investigate how gaslighting undermines autonomy. I argue that it does so through the impairment of a victim’s trust in three crucial epistemic capacities: the capacity for perception and memory, the capacity to participate in trustful conversation, and the capacity for self-discovery. By limiting a victim’s opportunities to exercise these capacities and participate in valuable epistemic practices, but most of all by instilling self-doubt, the gaslighter alienates the victim from reality, others, and herself. In doing so, gaslighting corrupts the three axes of engagement - marked by attitudes of confidence, trust, and open-mindedness - that constitute autonomous agency.
dc.description.sponsorshipUtrecht University
dc.format.extent480807
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.title(You Drive Me) Crazy: How Gaslighting Undermines Autonomy
dc.type.contentMaster Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.keywordsgaslighting; autonomy; manipulation
dc.subject.courseuuPhilosophy


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