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--- abstract: 'The present article proposes a logical account of delusions, which are regarded as conclusions resulting from fallacious arguments. This leads to distinguish between primary, secondary, ..., n-ary types of delusional arguments. Examples of delusional arguments leading to delusion of reference, delusion of influence, thought-broadcasting delusion and delusion of grandeur are described and then analysed. This suggests finally a way susceptible of improving the efficiency of cognitive therapy for delusions.' altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Franceschi given: Paul honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2003-10 date_type: published datestamp: 2003-10-10 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/32/08 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 3208 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/3208/1/An_Analytic_View_of_Delusion.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: ~ issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'cognitive therapy, psychosis, delusion, argument, logic, reasoning' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:21 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: no_search note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: ~ pubdom: FALSE publication: ~ publisher: ~ refereed: TRUE referencetext: | Bentall, R. P. 2003: Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature. London: Penguin Books. Bressan, P. 2002: The connection between random sequences, everyday coincidences, and belief in the paranormal. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 16, 17-34. Chadwick, P., Birchwood, M. & Trower, P. 1996: Cognitive Therapy for Delusions, Voices, and Paranoia. Chichester: Wiley. Carroll, R. T. 2002: The Skeptic's Dictionary. http://www.skepdic.com. Gilovich, T. 1993: How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life. The Free Press: New York. Hemsley, D.R. & Garety, P. A. 1986: The formation and maintenance of delusions: a Bayesian analysis. British Journal of Psychiatry, 149, 51-6. Kingdon, D. & Turkington, D. 1994: Cognitive-behavioural Therapy of Schizophrenia. Guilford: New York Maher, B. A. 1988: Anomalous experiences and delusional thinking: the logic of explanations. In T. F. Oltmanns & B. A. Maher (eds.) Delusional Beliefs. Wiley: New York, pp. 15-33. Maher, B. A. 1999: Anomalous experience in everyday life: Its significance for psychopathology. The Monist, 82, 547-70. Mullen, P. 1979: Phenomenology of disordered mental function. In P. Hill, R. Murray & G. Thorley (eds.) Essential of Postgraduate Psychiatry, Chapter 2. London: Academic Press. relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 13 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 16:49:03 subjects: - appl-cog-psy - cog-psy - phil-logic - clin-psy succeeds: 2845 suggestions: 'Latest version of #2845 (An Analytic View of Delusion)' sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: An Analytic View of Delusion type: preprint userid: 2943 volume: ~