In this book, psychologists and philosophers describe and discuss a range of case studies of delusional beliefs, drawing out general lessons both for the cognitive architecture of the mind and for the notion of rationality, and exploring connections between the delusional beliefs that occur in schizophrenia and the flawed understanding of beliefs that is characteristic of autism.
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PATHOLOGIES OF BELIEF
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Product Weight: 0.71 lbs
Editor: Coltheart, Max
Editor: Davies, Martin
Publication Date: 1991-01-16
Language: English
Series: Readings in Mind and Language
Publisher: WILEY
Dewey Decimal Classification: 150
Number of Units in Package: 1
ISBN: 9780631221364