lisabortolotti, 7 months ago

"The idea that the presence of a #delusion signals that there is something wrong with the person reporting it is not only a dangerous over-simplification, but it can also prevent us from exchanging ideas productively with people who have different worldviews and values in a number of different contexts." Here is a precis of my book, Why Delusions Matter (Bloomsbury 2023) https://pure-oai.bham.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/207919793/Understanding_delusions_to_improve_mutual_interactions.pdf @philosophy @psychology