This volume brings together recent work on the nature of belief,
imagination, and delusion. Whilst philosophers of mind and
epistemology employ notions of belief and imagination in their
theorizing, parallel work seeking to make these notions more precise
continues. Delusions are standardly taken to be bizarre beliefs
occurring in the clinical population, which do not respond to
evidence. The purpose of this collection of essays is to get clearer
on the nature of belief and imagination, the ways in which they relate
to one another, and how they might be integrated into accounts of
delusional belief formation. The jumping off point is the idea that
recent work in philosophy of mind and epistemology which has sought to
characterize the nature of belief and imagination allows us to
formulate the issues with new precision, by, for example, drawing on
work concerning how imagination is involved in delusion formation, or
work concerning how to properly distinguish imagination from belief.
The volume also considers questions concerning imagination's
architecture, the role of metacognitive error in our mental lives, how
best to understand delusional experience, and the relationship between
delusion and evidence. The contributors are ideally placed to explore
these issues, both individually and as a collective. With interests
spanning different disciplines (philosophy, psychology, cognitive
science), and approaches (theoretical, empirically informed), the
result is a rich and varied collection of insights.
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ISBN
9780198872245
Publisert
2023
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Academic UK
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Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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