Delusion and Self-Deception: Affective and Motivational Influences on Belief Formation (Macquarie Monographs in Cognitive Science)

This collection of essays focuses on the interface between delusions and self-deception. As pathologies of belief, delusions and self-deception raise many of the same challenges for those seeking to understand them. Are delusions and self-deception entirely distinct phenomena, or might some forms of self-deception also qualify as delusional? To what extent might models of self-deception and delusion share common factors? In what ways do affect and motivation enter into normal belief-formation, and how might they be implicated in self-deception and delusion? The essays in this volume tackle these questions from both empirical and conceptual perspectives. Some contributors focus on the general question of how to locate self-deception and delusion within our taxonomy of psychological states. Some contributors ask whether particular delusions - such as the Capgras delusion or anosognosia for hemiplegia - might be explained by appeal to motivational and affective factors. And some contributors provide general models of motivated reasoning, against which theories of pathological belief-formation might be measured. The volume will be of interest to cognitive scientists, clinicians, and philosophers interested in the nature of belief and the disturbances to which it is subject. This Collection Of Essays Focuses On The Interface Between Delusions And Self-deception. As Pathologies Of Belief, Delusions And Self-deception Raise Many Of The Same Challenges For Those Seeking To Understand Them. Are Delusions And Self-deception Entirely Distinct Phenomena, Or Might Some Forms Of Self-deception Also Qualify As Delusional? To What Extent Might Models Of Self-deception And Delusion Share Common Factors? In What Ways Do Affect And Motivation Enter Into Normal Belief-formation, And How Might They Be Implicated In Self-deception And Delusion? The Essays In This Volume Tackle These Questions From Both Empirical And Conceptual Perspectives. The Volume Will Be Of Interest To Cognitive Scientists, Clinicians, And Philosophers Interested In The Nature Of Belief And The Disturbances To Which It Is Subject.--jacket. Delusion And Self-deception : Mapping The Terrain / Tim Bayne And Jordi Fernández -- Passion, Reason, And Necessity : A Quantity-of-processing View Of Motivated Reasoning / Peter H. Ditto -- Self-deception And Delusions / Alfred Mele -- Delusion And Motivationally Biased Belief : Self-deception In The Two-factor Framework / Martin Davies -- Emotion, Cognition, And Belief : Findings From Cognitive Neuroscience / Michael L. Spezio And Ralph Adolphs -- Perception, Emotions And Delusions : The Case Of The Capgras Delusion / Elisabeth Pacherie -- From Phenomenology To Cognitive Architecture And Back / Philip Gerrans -- Monothematic Delusions And Existential Feelings / Brian P. Mclaughlin -- Sleights Of Mind : Delusions And Self-deception / Ryan Mckay, Robyn Langdon And Max Coltheart -- Cognitive And Motivational Factors In Anosognosia / Anne M. Aimola Davies [and Others] -- Self-deception Without Thought Experiments / Neil Levy -- Hysterical Conversion : A Mirror Image Of Anosognosia? / Frédérique De Vignemont -- Imagination, Delusion, And Self-deception / Andy Egan. Edited By Tim Bayne And Jordi Fernández. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Behavioral Sciences Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 Editors 10 Contributors 12 1 Delusion and Self-Deception Mapping the Terrain 14 2 Passion, Reason, and Necessity A Quantity-of-Processing View of Motivated Reasoning 36 3 Self-Deception and Delusions 68 4 Delusion and Motivationally Biased Belief Self-Deception in the Two-Factor Framework 84 5 Emotion, Cognition, and Belief Findings From Cognitive Neuroscience 100 6 Perception, Emotions, and Delusions The Case of the Capgras Delusion 120 7 From Phenomenology to Cognitive Architecture and Back 140 8 Monothematic Delusions and Existential Feelings 152 9 “Sleights of Mind” Delusions and Self-Deception 178 10 Cognitive and Motivational Factors in Anosognosia 200 11 Self-Deception Without Thought Experiments 240 12 Hysterical Conversion A Mirror Image of Anosognosia? 256 13 Imagination, Delusion, and Self-Deception 276 Author Index 294 Subject Index 302