1st Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Delusion
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 source of its kind.
Comprising 38 chapters by an international team of contributors, the Handbook is divided into six clear parts:
- The Nature of Delusion
- Delusion in Disorders
- Epistemology of Delusion
- Delusion’s Place in the Mind
- Delusion Formation
- Responsibility, Culture, and Society.
Within these sections key topics are discussed including delusions and wellbeing, delusions as they occur in wider mental disorder, the epistemic profile of delusions (evidence, justification, rationality), how delusions are formed, delusions and folk psychology (how they relate to belief, self-deception, imagination, and so on), and delusions in the wider social and cultural context.
An outstanding resource for both students and researchers, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Delusion is essential reading for those working on delusion in philosophy departments, and also suitable for those in related disciplines such as psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science.
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.
