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21 Aug 2018, 5:33 am
Or "irrationality is bliss," says philosopher Lisa Bortolotti (Birmingham). [read post]
25 Apr 2012, 11:48 am
published in the most recent issue of Neuroethics: Abstract In Delusions and Other Irrational Beliefs, Lisa [read post]
2 May 2012, 9:30 am
In Defence of Modest Doxasticism About Delusions by Lisa Bortolotti has been published in the most recent [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 6:46 am
of Delusions by Dominic Murphy has been published in the most recent issue of Neuroethics: Abstract Lisa [read post]
12 Jan 2015, 9:01 am
"Delusions and Responsibility for Action: Insights from the Breivik Case" by Lisa Bortolotti [read post]
16 Apr 2012, 6:36 am
Précis of Delusions and Other Irrational Beliefs by Lisa Bortolotti has been published in the [read post]
22 Jun 2012, 2:10 am
Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Autonomy and mental illness [by lisa bortolotti], Neuroethics [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 11:37 am
In my latest posts, I have started to sketch a view about the relationship between autonomy and mental illness. First, I anticipated my thesis, that the capacity for self-governance is not compromised in people with delusions but that success in... [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 9:09 am
Here is the case Matthew Broome, Matteo Mameli and I considered in our 2010 paper. A young man was convicted for assault on a neighbour and his sentence was affected by a previous diagnosis of schizophrenia. Bill had been admitted... [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 4:56 am
In my posts so far, I have been asking questions about the relationship between mental illness and moral responsibility for action. Some may feel that one preliminary issue is whether mental illness adversely affects personal autonomy intended as the capacity... [read post]
26 Jun 2012, 6:22 am
In the last post of my series on mental illness and moral responsibility, I would like to ask a question about hypnosis. Given that hypnosis is used to model symptoms of psychiatric disorders (e.g. delusions), it would be interesting to... [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 12:00 am
The development of self-narratives has been linked to the exercise of autonomy in the philosophical and psychological literature. People tell stories about themselves which help them recollect memories about past experiences, identify certain patterns and a sense of direction in... [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 2:38 pm
Remember the case of Bill who attacked his neighbour and received a less severe sentence than he might have done because he had a diagnosis of schizophrenia. This case has been presented in my last post with a brief description... [read post]
16 Jul 2013, 5:34 am
...at Brains blog. [read post]
21 Jun 2012, 3:07 am
As we saw in the last post, by constructing self-narratives, agents can not only make sense of their previous behaviour but also exercise control over their future behaviour. Their sense of self guides the formation of beliefs, plans, decisions, and... [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 8:59 am
When Simon Wessely commented upon the case of the Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik in the Lancet, he exposed two common misconceptions about psychiatry. The first is that “outrageous crimes must mean mental illness”. The second is that “the purpose... [read post]
28 May 2012, 3:24 am
Adam kindly asked me to be a guest on his blog, so in the next month I’ll be writing about the relationship between having a diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder and being autonomous. I believe this is a good topic.... [read post]
26 May 2014, 3:22 am
...for a project on "Pragmatic and Epistemic Role of Factually Erroneous Cognitions and Thoughts." [read post]
22 May 2011, 9:16 am
Essential reading.Bortolotti, Lisa. Delusions and Other Irrational Beliefs (2010). [read post]
