TY - JOUR
T1 - Delusions and misbeliefs
AU - Coltheart, Max
N1 - Copyright 2009 Cambridge University Press. Article originally published in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol. 32, No. 6, p. 517. The original article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X09991191
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - Beliefs may be true or false, and grounded or ungrounded. McKay & Dennett (M&D) treat these properties of belief as independent. What, then, do they mean by misbelief? They state that misbeliefs are simply false beliefs. So would they consider a very well-grounded belief that is false a misbelief? And why can't beliefs that are very poorly grounded be considered delusions, even when they are true?
AB - Beliefs may be true or false, and grounded or ungrounded. McKay & Dennett (M&D) treat these properties of belief as independent. What, then, do they mean by misbelief? They state that misbeliefs are simply false beliefs. So would they consider a very well-grounded belief that is false a misbelief? And why can't beliefs that are very poorly grounded be considered delusions, even when they are true?
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U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X09991191
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X09991191
M3 - Comment/opinion
AN - SCOPUS:77949629416
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 32
SP - 517
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
IS - 6
ER -