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SUMMARY:Delusions and Three Myths of Irrational Belief - Professor Lisa Bo
 rtolotti\, Professor of Philosophy\, University of Birmingham
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CONTACT:Nicholas Morgan
DESCRIPTION:_Professor Bortolotti writes:_\n\nMy paper addresses the contr
 ibution that the delusion literature has made to the philosophy of belief.
  Three conclusions will be drawn: (1) a belief does not need to be epistem
 ically rational to be used in the interpretation of behaviour\; (2) a beli
 ef does not need to be epistemically rational to have significant psycholo
 gical or epistemic benefits\; (3) beliefs exhibiting the features of epist
 emic irrationality exemplified by delusions are not infrequent\, and they 
 are not an exception in a largely rational belief system. What we learn fr
 om the delusion literature is that there are complex relationships between
  rationality and interpretation\, rationality and success\, and rationalit
 y and knowledge.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Herchel Smith Building\, Forvie Site.
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