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Acknowledging that delusions have meaning and can also give meaning to people’s lives has implications for our understanding of psychotic symptoms and for addressing the stigma associated with psychiatric conditions. Keywords: Delusions, Meaning, Meaningfulness, Phenomenology, Cognitive psychology, Sense of coherence, Creativity.
Aug 3, 2021 · Delusions are commonly conceived as false beliefs that result from epistemic failures to represent reality correctly. 1 This view has been dominant throughout the history of psychiatry, 2 and continues to inform contemporary research and practice. 3 In explanatory research, the viewpoint underlies cognitive and neurocognitive attempts to explain delusions in terms of impairments or biases in ...
- Jasper Feyaerts, Jasper Feyaerts, Wouter Kusters, Zeno Van Duppen, Stijn Vanheule, Inez Myin-Germeys...
- 2021
Sep 4, 2015 · In this section, we shall review two approaches to the nature of delusions. The first approach is to regard delusions as beliefs ( ). Doxasticists agree that delusions are beliefs (; ; ; ), but they may disagree on whether delusions are or beliefs, and about whether they are or non‐delusional beliefs. The second approach is to regard ...
- Lisa Bortolotti, Kengo Miyazono
- 2015
Jul 22, 2023 · Ana is Assistant Researcher at. This book presents new philosophical work on delusions and their impact. on everyday human behavior. It explores a cluster of related topics at the. intersection of ...
May 3, 2022 · Delusions are best understood as strongly individualised and inherently complex phenomena emerging from a dynamic interplay between interdependent subpersonal, personal, interpersonal, and sociocultural processes. Integrative approaches to research on delusion, which consider their potential adaptiveness and favour explanatory pluralism, might be advantageous. Effective clinical care for ...
Aug 23, 2021 · Delusions are often portrayed as paradigmatic instances of incomprehensibility and meaninglessness. Here we investigate the relationship between delusions and meaning from a philosophical perspective, integrating arguments and evidence from cognitive psychology and phenomenological psychopathology. We review some of the empirical and philosophical literature relevant to two claims about ...
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Sep 19, 2022 · In 2021 I won the 2nd prize of the Van Helsdingen essay competition of the Dutch foundation for philosophy and psychiatry. My research interests include Wittgenstein, epistemology and philosophy of psychology and psychiatry. My current research focuses on the meaningfulness of delusions.
