Assertion: delusion | /r/HasProperty | belief
Facets:
value: really
type: DEGREE
value: despite evidence to the contrary
type: OTHER
value: technically
type: DEGREE
value: often
type: DEGREE
value: despite the fact
type: OTHER
value: between states
type: LOCATION
value: in essence
type: OTHER
value: in something
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: A delusion is a belief that is obviously false, and yet the individual experiencing it thinks it is absolutely true.
text: Others include delusions of reference (the belief that some element of one's experience represents a deliberate and specific act by or message from some other entity), delusions of grandeur (the belief that one possesses special power or influence beyond one's actual limits), thought broadcasting (the belief that one's thoughts are audible) and thought insertion (the belief that one's thoughts are not one's own).
text: An interesting position defended by Schwitzgebel (2012) is that delusions are in-between states (neither beliefs nor non-beliefs), because they match only in part the dispositional profile of beliefs.
text: A delusion of grandeur may also be a belief that they have special abilities, possessions, or powers.
text: Most researchers and scholars agree that delusions are, in essence, a belief, and that delusions are not only a belief.
text: A delusion is a belief that has no evidence in fact — a complete illusion.
text: A delusion is a belief in something despite the fact that it's completely untrue.
text: A delusion is a belief that is not based on reality.
text: Technically, delusion is a belief that, though false, has been surrendered to and accepted by the whole mind as a truth; illusion is an impression that, though false, is entertained provisionally on the recommendation of the senses or the imagination, but awaits full acceptance and may not influence action.
text: A delusion is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary.
text: A delusion is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary.
text: A delusion is a belief held by an individual or group that is demonstrably false, patently untrue, impossible, fanciful, or self-deceptive.
text: The delusion, often a belief that becomes more complicated as the person seeks evidence to support the belief, is as strong as the belief of someone who has evidence to support their beliefs.
text: A delusion is a belief that is obviously false, indicating an abnormality in the thought process.
text: A delusion is a belief held with complete conviction, even though it's based on a mistaken, strange or unrealistic view.
text: The therapist’s task is to help the client recognise that the delusion is a belief (B), not a fact (A), and understand that this reframing will empower them to ease the distress associated with the delusion.
text: A delusion is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary.
text: A delusion is a belief that is clearly false (non bizarre) ;due to abnormality in the affected person's content of thought.
text: Delusions are an unshakable theory or belief in something false and impossible, despite evidence to the contrary.
text: Delusion is a clear thought and belief that a person holds to, and is logical, although impossible.
text: A delusion is a thought or belief that is not based on reality, as opposed to a hallucination which involves seeing, hearing, tasting or feeling things that do not exist.
text: A Delusion is a strongly held thought or belief that is not based on reality.
text: So, we have thus far taken for granted that delusions are beliefs, but we have only done so to have some common understanding on the topic.
text: So, clearly, there is a lot of debate about whether delusions are beliefs or not.
text: So, the debate between whether delusions are beliefs or not can get lost in philosophy, since the purpose is not to debate the metaphysics of belief, which much of the literature has done.
text: Delusions are beliefs that are not based on reality, and which other people within the person’s culture or religion do not share.
text: Can delusions be beliefs if they present significant deviations from norms of rationality, and are often neither consistent with a person’s beliefs nor responsive to the available evidence?
text: Surface features refer to the behavioral manifestations of the delusions, and are often described in epistemic terms, that is, their description involves the concept of belief, truth, rationality or justification (e.g., delusions are beliefs held with conviction in spite of having little empirical support).
text: Do delusions really have to be beliefs
text: Independent of any given answer to the question whether delusions are beliefs, two opposed conceptions of delusions contend the philosophical scene.
text: Delusions are beliefs that are not true.
text: Others include delusions of reference (the belief that some element of one's experience represents a deliberate and specific act by or message from some other entity), delusions of grandeur (the belief that one possesses special power or influence beyond one's actual limits), thought broadcasting (the belief that one's thoughts are audible) and thought insertion (the belief that one's thoughts are not one's own).