Metaphorical thinking and delusions in psychosis

Deamer, Felicity; Wilkinson, Sam

Abstract

This paper explores how metaphorical thinking might contribute to an aetiology of florid delusions in psychosis.We argue that this approach helps to account for the pathfrom experience to the delusional assertion, which, though relatively straightforward for monothematic delusions like the Capgras delusion, has always been difficult to account for in florid delusions in psychosis. Our account also helps to account for double book-keeping and the relative agential inertia of the belief.

• Online Publication Date: Jun 13, 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Deposit Date: Sep 21, 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 119-130
• Series Title: Language, Cognition, and Mind
• Book Title: (In)coherence of Discourse
• ISBN: 9783030714338
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71434-5_6
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7816007
• Additional Information: First Online: 13 June 2021