Encyclopedia - Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Belief - Belief As A Psychological Theory
Mainstream psychology and related disciplines have traditionally treated belief as if it were the simplest form of mental representation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Belief - Belief Knowledge And Epistemology
Knowledge is often defined as justified true belief, in that the belief must be considered to correspond to reality and must be derived f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Belief - Belief, Knowledge And Epistemology
Knowledge is often defined as justified true belief, in that the belief must be considered to correspond to reality and must be derived f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belief: Encyclopedia - Belief
Belief in the psychological sense, is a representational mental state that takes the form of a propositional attitude. In the religious s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Belief - Belief As A Psychological Theory
Mainstream psychology and related disciplines have traditionally treated belief as if it were the simplest form of mental representation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belief: Encyclopedia - Belief
Belief in the psychological sense, is a representational mental state that takes the form of a propositional attitude. In the religious s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Delusion: Encyclopedia - Delusion
A delusion is commonly defined as a fixed false belief and is used in everyday language to describe a belief that is either false, fancif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Delusion: Encyclopedia Ii - Delusion - Diagnostic Issues
However, the modern definition and Jaspers's original criteria have been criticised, as counter-examples can be shown for every defining ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capgras Delusion: Encyclopedia - Capgras Delusion
The Capgras delusion or Capgras' syndrome is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that an acquaintance, usually a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Delusion: Encyclopedia Ii - Delusion - Psychiatric Definition
Although non-specific concepts of madness have been around for several thousand years, the psychiatrist and philosopher Karl Jaspers was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Delusion: Encyclopedia Ii - Delusion - Primary And Secondary Delusions
Jaspers originally made a distinction between primary and secondary delusions. According to Jaspers, primary delusions (sometimes called ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clinical Lycanthropy: Encyclopedia - Clinical Lycanthropy
Clinical lycanthropy is a psychiatric syndrome that involves a delusional belief that the affected person is, or has, transformed into an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paranoia: Encyclopedia - Paranoia
In popular culture, the term paranoia is usually used to describe excessive concern about one's own well-being, sometimes suggesting a pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erotomania: Encyclopedia - Erotomania
Erotomania is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that another person, usually of a higher social status, is in l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosis: Encyclopedia - Psychosis
Psychosis is a generic psychiatric term for mental states in which the components of rational thought and perception are severely impaire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cotard Delusion: Encyclopedia - Cotard Delusion
The Cotard delusion or Cotard's syndrome is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that he is dead, does not exist, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erotomania: Encyclopedia Ii - Erotomania - Contemporary Syndrome
The core of the syndrome is that the affected person has a delusional belief that another person, usually of higher social status, is sec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paranoia: Encyclopedia Ii - Paranoia - Examples Of Clinical Paranoia
In the unrestricted use of the term, common paranoid delusions can include the belief that the person is being followed, poisoned or love...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paranoia: Encyclopedia Ii - Paranoia - Use In Psychiatry
In his original attempt at classifying different forms of mental illness, Emil Kraepelin used the term pure paranoia to describe a condit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clinical Lycanthropy: Encyclopedia Ii - Clinical Lycanthropy - Symptoms
Affected individuals report a delusional belief that they have transformed, or are in the process of transforming into another animal. It...   » Read the article