On delusion
Delusions play a fundamental role in the history of psychology, philosophy and culture, dividing not only the mad from the sane but reason from unreason. Yet the very nature and extent of delusions are poorly understood. What are delusions? How do they differ from everyday errors or mistaken beliefs...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge
2011.
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| Series: | Thinking in action.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798327406719 |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; One: Delusions and Cultural Meaning; Two: Varieties of Clinical Delusion; Three: Research Controversies; Four: Do Delusions Mean Anything?; Five: Delusions as Shared: folies à deux and the Madness of Crowds; Six: Spiritual Delusions - Religious, Metaphysical, Ideological; Seven: Delusions as Vices; Eight: Delusions and Violence; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index
