Description
Delusions and Beliefs
A Philosophical Inquiry
Routledge Focus on Philosophy Series
Author: Miyazono Kengo
Language: EnglishSubject for Delusions and Beliefs:
Keywords
Capgras Delusion; Capgras; Mental State Categories; pathology; Abnormal Data; functionalism; Etiology Question; nature; Pathological Mental States; empiricism; Post-adoption Stage; abnorma; Delusion Formation; belief; Observational Adequacy; irrationality; vmPFC Damage; doxastic; Delusional Hypothesis; mental disorder; Error Management; schizophrenia; Evolutionary Psychological Approach; personality; Biological Account; cognition; Delusional Features; Young Man; Folk Psychological Explanations; Error Management Theory; Outright Belief; Harmfulness Thesis; Shear Pin; Delusional Beliefs; Type-2 Delusion; Attention Allocation Processes; Monothematic Delusion; Software Problem
Publication date: 05-2023
· 13.8x21.6 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 12-2018
· 13.8x21.6 cm · Hardback
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What sort of mental state is a delusion? What causes delusions? Why are delusions pathological? This book examines these questions, which are normally considered separately, in a much-needed exploration of an important and fascinating topic, Kengo Miyazono assesses the philosophical, psychological and psychiatric literature on delusions to argue that delusions are malfunctioning beliefs. Delusions belong to the same category as beliefs but - unlike healthy irrational beliefs - fail to play the function of beliefs.
Delusions and Beliefs: A Philosophical Inquiry will be of great interest to students of philosophy of mind and psychology and philosophy of mental disorder, as well as those in related fields such as mental health and psychiatry.
1. Delusions as Malfunctional Beliefs 2. Nature 3. Pathology 4. Cause Conclusion: A Biological Account of Delusions. Index
Kengo Miyazono is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hiroshima University, Japan.