Underlying delusion

Predictive processing, looping effects, and the personal/sub-personal distinction

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ID21592074
AuthorsMatteo Colombo (0000-0002-2251-2248, Tilburg University), Regina E Fabry (0000-0003-1078-1499, Ruhr University Bochum, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume34
Issue6
Pages829-855
Publication date2021-08-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-5089 • E-ISSN: 1465-394X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09515089.2021.1914828
OpenAlexW3155027409
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited71

What is the relationship between the concepts of the predictive processing theory of brain functioning and the everyday concepts with which people conduct and explain their mental lives? To answer this question, we focus on predictive processing explanations of mental disorder that appeal to false inference. After distinguishing two concepts of false inference, we survey four ways of understanding the relationship between explanations of mental phenomena at the personal and sub-personal level. We then argue that if predictive processing accurately accounts for psychological and socio-cultural dynamics, then personal and sub-personal concepts must display a looping relationship that can impact the nature of at least some mental phenomena. In particular, explaining the phenomenon of delusion in terms of the sub-personal concept of false inference should change the nature of delusional experiences themselves

Appeal · Cognitive psychology · Delusion · Epistemology · Inference · Phenomenon · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Social Psychology

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