What makes a belief delusional?

Lisa Bortolotti; Rachel Gunn; Ema Sullivan-Bissett

What makes a belief delusional?

Lisa Bortolotti, Rachel Gunn, Ema Sullivan-Bissett

Philosophy

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cognitive Confusions: Dreams, Delusions and Illusions in Early Modern Culture
Editors	Ita Mac Carthy, Kirsti Sellevold, Olivia Smith
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Maney Publishing
Pages	36-51
ISBN (Print)	9781909662995, 1909662992
Publication status	Published - 28 Jul 2016

Keywords

delusions
positive illusions
thought insertion
alien abduction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Arts and Humanities
Psychiatry and Mental health
Philosophy

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Hope and Optimism: Conceptual and Empirical Investigations
Bortolotti, L.
JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION
1/09/15 → 31/08/16
Project: Research

World Mental Health Day 2016
Lisa Bortolotti (Speaker)
2016
Activity: Engagement and Public events › Engagement event

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