Delusions and Beliefs

A Philosophical Inquiry

Kengo Miyazono (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

122 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-24271-5 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Autor

Kengo Miyazono is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hiroshima University, Japan.

Inhalt

1. Delusions as Malfunctional Beliefs 2. Nature 3. Pathology 4. Cause Conclusion: A Biological Account of Delusions. Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.12.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Routledge Focus on Philosophy
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 138 x 216 mm
• Gewicht: 272 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• ISBN-10: 1-138-24271-3 / 1138242713
• ISBN-13: 978-1-138-24271-5 / 9781138242715
• Zustand: Neuware