Assertion: delusion | /r/HasProperty | pathological
Facets:
value: unlike hallucinations
type: OTHER
value: always
type: DEGREE
value: in vi
type: LOCATION
value: because of their etiology
type: CAUSE
value: because of a deficit in cognitive relevance
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Rather, delusions are pathological because of a deficit in cognitive relevance.
text: If we acknowledge that delusions are pathological, there are at least six possible non-exclusive answers to what makes delusions pathological:
text: Delusions are pathological because they present themselves as what they are not.
text: Delusions are pathological because they are signs that the person inhabits a fictional, non-actual reality and no longer shares some fundamental beliefs and practices with the people around her (for different versions of this view, see Stephens and Graham 2004 and 2006; Sass 1994; Gallagher 2009; Rhodes and Gipps 2008).
text: Delusions are pathological because they are puzzling and unsettling – and defy folk-psychological expectations –.
text: Delusions are pathological because (differently from many irrational beliefs) they negatively affect a person’s well-being causing impaired social functioning, social isolation and withdrawal (see Garety and Freeman 1999 for a multidimensional account of delusions, and Bolton 2008 for a harm-related account of mental illness in general).
text: Delusions are pathological because they have forensic implications, that is, implications for judgements about whether agents can be held legally accountable for their actions.
text: Delusions are pathological because of their etiology.
text: The etiological answer to the question why delusions are pathological in (vi) needs to be better explored.
text: Unlike hallucinations, delusions are always pathological (the result of an illness or illness process).
text: Unlike hallucinations, delusions are always pathological (the result of an illness or illness process).