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Bortolotti, Lisa and Broome, Matthew R. (2008) Delusional beliefs and reason giving. Philosophical Psychology , Vol.21 (No.6). pp. 821-841. doi:10.1080/09515080802516212 ISSN 0951-5089.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09515080802516212
Abstract
Delusions are often regarded as irrational beliefs, but their irrationality is not sufficient to explain what is pathological about them. In this paper we ask whether deluded subjects have the capacity to support the content of their delusions with reasons, that is, whether they can author their delusional states. The hypothesis that delusions are characterised by a failure of authorship, which is a dimension of self knowledge, deserves to be
empirically tested because (a) it has the potential to account for the distinction between endorsing a delusion and endorsing a framework belief; (b) it contributes to a
philosophical analysis of the relationship between rationality and self knowledge; and (c) it informs diagnosis and therapy in clinical psychiatry. However, authorship cannot provide a demarcation criterion between delusions and other irrational belief states.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Delusions, Schizophrenia, Pharmacology | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophical Psychology | ||||
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | ||||
ISSN: | 0951-5089 | ||||
Official Date: | December 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.21 | ||||
Number: | No.6 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 821-841 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/09515080802516212 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Description: | Version accepted by publisher (post-print, after peer review, before copy-editing) |
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