Background. The prominence of technology in modern life cannot be understated. However,
for some people, these innovations or their related plausible advancements can be …

Monothematic delusions involve a single theme, and often occur in the absence of a more
general delusional belief system. They are cognitively atypical insofar as they are said to be …

Monothematic delusions and beliefs in conspiracy theories share some important features:
they both typically have bizarre contents and are resistant to counterevidence. Yet …

In the literature on conspiracism, fundamentalism, and extremism, we find so-called vice
explanations for the extreme behavior and extreme beliefs that they involve. These are …

It is commonly held that (i) beliefs are revisable in the face of counter‐evidence and (ii)
beliefs are connected to actions in reliable and predictable ways. Given such a view, many …

This is the first introductory textbook of its kind devoted to philosophy of psychiatry, offering a
thorough and accessible investigation of the conceptual and philosophical problems at the …

This entry focuses on clinical delusions. Although the nature of delusions is controversial,
delusions are often characterised as unusual beliefs that appear in the context of mental …

How many factors, ie departures from normality, are necessary to explain a delusion?
Maher's classic one-factor theory argues that the only factor is the patient's anomalous …

In his recent book Delusions and Beliefs, Kengo Miyazono offers a thoroughgoing defence
of delusions as biologically malfunctioning beliefs, greatly elaborating on his earlier (2015) …

Chenwei Nie () argues against a Maherian one-factor approach to explaining delusion. We
argue that his objections fail. They are largely based on a mistaken understanding of the …