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Religion, Psychiatry, and “Radical” Epistemic InjusticesPhilosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology. forthcoming.Hermeneutical injustice as a concept has evolved since its original formulation by Miranda Fricker. José Eduardo Porcher has recently proposed the addition of a new form of ‘radical’ hermeneutical injustice, with a case study of psychotic symptoms involving religious content We think there is a form of radical hermeneutical injustice – different to the one described by Porcher. Some interpretations of kinds of experience with religious content can be undermined if one is committed to a metaphysi…Read more
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22Finding order within the disorder: a case study exploring the meaningfulness of delusionsBJPsych Bulletin. 2021.Can delusions, in the context of psychosis, enhance a person’s sense of meaningfulness? The case described here suggests that, in some circumstances, they can. This prompts further questions into the complexities of delusion as a lived phenomenon, with important implications for the clinical encounter. While assumptions of meaninglessness are often associated with concepts of ’disorder’, ’harm’ and ’dysfunction’, we suggest that meaning can nonetheless be found within what is commonly taken to b…Read more
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2Charting New Phenomenological Paths for Empirical Research on Delusions: Embracing Complexity, Finding MeaningJAMA Psychiatry 78 (10): 1063-1064. 2021.
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28The person’s position-taking in the shaping of schizophrenic phenomenaPhilosophical Psychology 36 (7): 1261-1286. 2023.1. Built upon systems of nosology that claimed to be “atheoretical,” modern psychiatry largely relies on descriptive psychopathological models based on the assumption that psychotic symptoms (such...
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68Do delusions have and give meaning?Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 21 (4): 949-968. 2022.Delusions are often portrayed as paradigmatic instances of incomprehensibility and meaninglessness. Here we investigate the relationship between delusions and meaning from a philosophical perspective, integrating arguments and evidence from cognitive psychology and phenomenological psychopathology. We review some of the empirical and philosophical literature relevant to two claims about delusions and meaning: delusions are meaningful, despite being described as irrational and implausible beliefs…Read more
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University of BirminghamDoctoral student
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Specialization
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Philosophy of Psychology |
Philosophy of Psychiatry and Psychopathology |
Mental States and Processes |
Delusions |
Schizophrenia |
Epistemic Injustice |