| Description |
1 online resource (x, 112 pages) |
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Routledge Focus on Philosophy |
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Routledge focus on philosophy.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Delusions as malfunctional beliefs; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 Teleo-functionalism; 1.2.1 Dry-functionalism and teleo-functionalism; 1.2.2 Why teleo-functionalism?; 2 Nature; 2.1 Overview; 2.2 A tension; 2.2.1 Doxasticism about delusions; 2.2.2 Causal difference thesis; 2.3 Incompatibilism; 2.3.1 Pro-DD incompatibilism; 2.3.2 Anti-DD incompatibilism; 2.4 Compatibilism; 2.4.1 Doxastic function hypothesis; 2.4.2 Same producer hypothesis; 2.4.3 Same consumer hypothesis; 2.4.4 Objections |
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2.4.5 Delusions as in-between states?2.5 Summary; 3 Pathology; 3.1 Overview; 3.2 Unsuccessful answers; 3.3 Harmful dysfunction analysis and delusion; 3.4 Objections; 3.4.1 Delusions are not malfunctional; 3.4.2 Harmful malfunction is not sufficient; 3.5 Summary; 4 Etiology; 4.1 Overview; 4.2 The two-factor theory; 4.2.1 Basic ideas; 4.2.2 An inference-to-the-best-explanation argument; 4.3 Second factor and Bayesian approaches; 4.4 Two-factors and prediction-errors; 4.4.1 The prediction-error theory; 4.4.2 Basic ideas; 4.4.3 Advantages; 4.5 Summary |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Conclusion: a biological account of delusions. Index |
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Online resource, title from digital title page (viewed on May 27, 2020) |
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abnorma
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belief
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Capgras
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Cognition.
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doxastic
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Empiricism.
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functionalism
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irrationality
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mental disorder
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Nature.
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Pathology.
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Personality.
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Schizophrenia.
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Delusions.
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Delirium.
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Cognition
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Pathology
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Personality
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Schizophrenia
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Schizophrenic Psychology
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Delirium
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Delusions
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cognition.
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Nature.
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pathology.
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Delirium.
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Cognition.
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Delusions.
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Empiricism.
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Nature.
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Pathology.
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Personality.
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Schizophrenia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018040519 |
| ISBN |
9781351985369 |
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1351985361 |
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9781351985352 |
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1351985353 |
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9781351985345 |
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1351985345 |
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9781315271538 |
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1315271532 |
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