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@misc{cogprints839, volume = {14}, number = {3}, title = {An Alternative View of Schizophrenic Cognition}, author = {Douglas M. Snyder}, year = {1991}, pages = {211--217}, journal = {Speculations in Science and Technology}, keywords = {Godel's Incompleteness Theorem, schizophrenia, logic, cognitive systems, communication, delusions, hallucinations, consistency, incompleteness}, url = {http://cogprints.org/839/}, abstract = {An alternative view to the traditionally held view that schizophrenia is characterised by severely disordered cognition is presented. It is possible that apparently self-contradictory expressions of schizophrenics are well-formed communicative expressions of highly ordered cognitive systems. Building on the premise that behavior is in general communicative, and using Godel?s Incompleteness Theorem from logic as a model, it is shown that the most characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia (namely apparently self-contradictory thought, delusions and hallucinations) may indicate truths that cannot be derived within highly ordered cognitive systems.} }