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Vilatta, E. (2021). Belief ascription and irrationality: the case of delusions. Discusiones Filosóficas, 22(39), 15–34. https://doi.org/10.17151/difil.2021.22.39.2
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Emilia Vilatta
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Abstract
In this paper I will focus on the discussion about the possibility to ascribe the status of beliefs to delusions, considering that there is a conceptual tension between the requirement of rationality for belief ascription and the irrationality that delusions exhibit. For this purpose, I will analyse what I call as the “irrationality argument” in the two variants that I identify: the transcendental variant and the empirical variant. Against this argument, I will show that, despite the irrationality that delusional states exhibit, we can continue ascribing to such states the status of beliefs.
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Campbell, John. “Rationality, meaning, and the analysis of delusion”. Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology. 8 (2), 2001: 89-100. Print.
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Cherniak, Christopher. Minimal rationality. Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1986. Print.
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Currie, Gregory. “Imagination, delusion and hallucinations”. Mind & Language. 15 (1), 2000: 168-183. Print.
Díez, Patricio Antonio. “Creencia y delirio”. Revista de la Asociación Española de Neuropsiquiatría.31 (1), 2011: 71-91. Impreso.
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Hirstein, William & Ramachandran, Vilayanur. “Capgras syndrome: a novel
probe for understanding the neural representation of the identity and familiarity of persons”. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1997: 437-444. Print.
Jaspers, Karl. Psicopatología general. Barcelona: Beta, 1963. Print.
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Reimer, Marga. “A Davidsonian perspective on psychiatric delusions”. Philosophical Psychology. 24 (5), 2011: 659-677. Print.
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Schreber, Daniel Paul. Memorias de un enfermo de nervioso. Buenos Aires: Perfil, 2008. Impreso.
Schwitzgebel, Eric. “Mad belief?” Neuroethics. 5 (1), 2012: 13-17. Print.
Stephens, Lynn & Graham, George. “Reconceiving delusion”. International Review of Psychiatry. 16 (3), 2004: 236-241. Print.
Quintanilla, Pablo. “Comprensión, imaginación y transformación”. Areté. 20 (1), 2008: 111-136. Impreso.
Vilatta, Emilia. “Un enfoque davidsoniano de los delirios: el caso del delirio de Capgras”. Areté. 29 (1), 2017: 183-212. Impreso.
