Collection
Book Symposium - Delusions and Beliefs: A Philosophical Inquiry
The central hypothesis of Kengo Miyazono's book, Delusions and Beliefs: A Philosophical Inquiry (Routledge, 2019), is that delusions are malfunctional beliefs (Chapter 1). They belong to the category of belief (Chapter 2) but, unlike mundane false or irrational beliefs, they fail to perform some functions of belief (Chapter 3). More precisely, delusions directly or indirectly involve some malfunctioning cognitive mechanisms, which is empirically supported by the two-factor account of delusion formation (Chapter 4). This book symposium features: - A précis by the author. - Critical pieces by Lisa Bortolotti, Ema Sullivan-Bissett, Eisuke Sakakibara, Jakob Ohlhorst, and C. J. Atkinson. - Replies to each of the critics by the author.
Editors
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Nikolaj Jang Lee Linding Pedersen
Nikolaj Jang Lee Linding Pedersen is Professor of Philosophy at Underwood International College, Yonsei University, South Korea. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Asian Journal of Philosophy, the founder of the Veritas Research Center at Yonsei University, and a co-founder and co-convener of the Asian Epistemology Network and the Eastern Hemisphere Language and Metaphysics Network. His main research areas are truth, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of logic, and the philosophy of technology.
