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We tend to think of delusions as factually inaccurate. However, we don’t often consider how, by invalidating them, we also undermine the agency of those who hold them. This is a mistake, argues philosopher Lisa Bortolotti. If we examine the content of our delusions against the environment which influenced them, they reveal the very ways humans engage in active meaning-making, the ultimate mark of human agency.
#psychology #neuroscience #philosophy
https://iai.tv/articles/delusions-shape-our-reality-auid-2772
@Gert this is such an important perspective. in the west, when someone has a psychotic episode, we strap them down in a hospital and then wonder why they are paranoid.