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The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Delusion book cover

1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Delusion

Edited By Ema Sullivan-Bissett Copyright 2025
598 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

598 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

598 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Delusions play an important and fascinating role in philosophy and are a particularly fertile area of study in recent years, spanning philosophy of mind and psychology, epistemology, ethics, psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Delusion explores the conceptual and philosophical issues in the study of delusion and is the first major reference... Read more

Introduction Ema Sullivan-Bissett

Part 1: The Nature of Delusion

1. Delusion and Pathology Valentina Petrolini

2. Delusion and Meaning Rosa Ritunnano and Jeannette Littlemore

3. Delusion and Adaptiveness Lisa Bortolotti and Martino Belvederi Murri

4. Delusion and Malfunction Kengo Miyazono

5. Delusion and Natural Kinds Richard Samuels

Part 2: Delusion in Disorders

6. Delusional Disorders Luigi Grassi and Federica Folesani

7. Delusions in Psychosis Marianne D. Broeker and Matthew Broome

8. Delusions in Anorexia Nervosa Stephen Gadsby

9. Delusions in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Judit Szalai

10. Delusions in Depression Anna Bortolan

11. Delusions in the Disorders of Old Age Julian C. Hughes

Part 3: Epistemology of Delusion

12. Delusion and Evidence Carolina Flores

13. Delusion and Double Bookkeeping José Eduardo Porcher

14. Delusion and Rationality Adam Bradley and Quinn Hiroshi Gibson

15. Delusion Attribution Sam Wilkinson

16. Delusion and Introspection Chiara Caporuscio

17. Delusion and Epistemic Injustice Eleanor Palafox-Harris

Part 4: Delusion’s Place in the Mind

18. Delusion and Action Maura Tumulty

19. Delusion and Doxasticism Paul Noordhof

20. Delusion and Non-doxasticism Paul Noordhof

21. Delusion and Imagination Amy Kind

22. Delusion and Self-deception Jordi Fernández

23. Delusion and Memory Sarah Robins and Si-Won Song

24. Delusion and Dreaming Philip Gerrans

25. Delusion and Folk Psychology Dominic Murphy

Part 5: Delusion Formation

26. Empiricism Federico Bongiorno and Matthew Parrott

27. Rationalism Jakob Ohlhorst

28. The One-factor Theory Ema Sullivan-Bissett

29. The Two-factor Theory Martin Davies and Max Coltheart

30. The Prediction Error theory Philip Corlett

31. Delusion and Salience Peter McKenna

32. Delusion and Inference Urte Laukaityte and Matteo Colombo

33. Delusion and Hypnosis Michael H. Connors

Part 6: Responsibility, culture, and society

34. Delusion and Moral Responsibility Matthé Scholten

35. The Social Turn in Delusions Research Daniel Williams

36. Delusion and Culture Ian Gold and Joel Gold

37. Delusion and Conspiracy Theories Joseph Pierre

38. Delusion and the Unrealistic Comparator Richard Bentall.

Index

Biography

Ema Sullivan-Bissett is a Reader in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, UK. She is the editor of the volume Belief, Imagination, and Delusion (2024) and the author of Irrationality (2024). Her book How Belief Functions: A Philosophical Inquiry is forthcoming from Routledge.

'This thorough collection provides a comprehensive survey of current work in the philosophy of delusion in six sections. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers, advanced undergraduates through faculty, and professionals.' - CHOICE

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