How fixed are delusions? On today's post, George Chapman and Robert Howard discuss fixity of delusions. imperfectcognitions.... #philsky #philpsy #newresearch

Fixity of Delusions

A blog about imperfect cognitions, such as delusional beliefs, distorted memories, confabulatory explanations, and implicit biases.

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Here's my editorial for the 100th volume of the Supplementary Volume. doi.org/10.1093/aris...

SEP finally covers #psychotherapy (what counts as one, how it should be evaluated, relation to #wellbeing and #mentalhealth, nature of its expertise). Important work by @plutynski.bsky.social and Megan Delehanty #philsky #ethics #philmed

I have a new paper out, arguing for the importance of mental imagery for theorising harmful language (e.g. language containing misinformation, genetics, metaphors). I also suggest ways to counter the influence of the harmful imagery that language generates. link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...

In this surprising (read: repellent) new paper, @acerbialberto.com and @williamcostello.bsky.social set out to understand why, given the "relatively small size and limited record of violence" of the incel community, they have received so much negative attention. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Why Incels Capture Attention: A Cultural Attraction Theory Perspective - Evolutionary Psychological Science

Incels (involuntary celibates) are an online subculture whose members define themselves by a perceived inability to form sexual or romantic relationships. Despite rare but high-profile instances of id...

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In better news, I'm organising a workshop 'Smell & Taste: Perceptual diversity', 6-7 July at the University of Nottingham. If anyone is around here, you're very welcome to join! List of speakers and link to register here www.nottingham.ac.uk/humanities/d... #perception #smell #taste #philosophy

Brilliant paper discussing the implications of our work on delusions in relation to the ethical challenges of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy... Great to see! www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Seriously? This vile racist content has been all over the social media for several days. @durham.ac.uk Your silence on it speaks volumes.

JOB: Philosophy at Warwick are advertising two one-year Teaching Fellowships. Come and work with us! warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

Horrah - this is out. Thanks @aristotsoc.bsky.social for asking me to write it. Duddington and Our Awareness of Others’ Minds academic.oup.com/aristotelian...

Duddington and Our Awareness of Others’ Minds

Abstract. What enables me to know that others exist? Nathalie Duddington offers two distinctive, and underexplored, insights into the question. She focuses

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I contributed an entry on delusion to this new encyclopaedia with @emas-b.bsky.social #philsky #philosophy link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...

Delusion

In this brief entry, we offer an overview of classic and contemporary debates surrounding clinical delusions in philosophy and psychology. Researchers disagree about the nature of delusional states an...

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All that supremacist stuff about autistics being inherently more honest than everyone else etc. was always going to end here.

Nate O@nateo.bsky.social · 4mo ago

End me

£1.2M UKRI grant supports groundbreaking study into the psychology of belief www.gla.ac.uk/.../news/hea...

Great honour to be awarded the very first prize for Public Communication of Philosophy by the British Philosophical Association! #philosophymatters #philsky

Pleasing news: Philosophy at Warwick doing well in QS rankings: warwick.ac.uk/news/pressre...

Looking forward to this ”When knowledge isn’t power” workshop Wednesday at @philoswarwick.bsky.social ! It is taking place during #BritishPhilosophyFortnight – for more information about events and why #PhilosophyMatters see link in next post. ⤵️

Chenwei Nie@chenweinie.com · 8mo ago

Save the date (25 March 2026) for a workshop at Warwick on 'When knowledge isn't power', with an amazing line of speakers: Heather Widdows, Fiona MacCallum @fimaccallum.bsky.social, Kate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social, and Quassim Cassam.

Full programme is updated 🤠

Chenwei Nie@chenweinie.com · 6mo ago

Save the dates (12-13 March 2026) for the 'Self-Awareness and Intersubjectivity' Conference at Warwick, with a fantastic line of speakers: Henrike Moll, Richard Gipps @drgipps.bsky.social, Matthew Boyle, Lucy O’Brien @lucyobrien.bsky.social, Naomi Eilan, Johannes Roessler, and Eliza Little.

My article in Mind now has an issue number academic.oup.com/mind/article...

Just published: a book chapter introducing my new explanation of why rational people hold irrational beliefs. doi.org/10.4324/9781...

Why rational people obstinately hold onto irrational beliefs | 12 | A

Why does a normal person sometimes obstinately hold onto a belief against independent evidence? Existing approaches often assume that non-evidential factors

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Save the dates (12-13 March 2026) for the 'Self-Awareness and Intersubjectivity' Conference at Warwick, with a fantastic line of speakers: Henrike Moll, Richard Gipps @drgipps.bsky.social, Matthew Boyle, Lucy O’Brien @lucyobrien.bsky.social, Naomi Eilan, Johannes Roessler, and Eliza Little.

Self-Awareness and Intersubjectivity

Everyone is invited to a two-day interdisciplinary conference on 'Self-Awareness and Intersubjectivity' in Philosophy Fortnight, with a fantastic line of speakers. Date: 12 March 2026, 1pm - Late aft...

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A fascinating & damning exposé on Oliver Sacks, author of “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat”. It turns out, by his own admission in his private journals, that much of his work was akin to “fairy tales” — based on “lies”, “falsifications”, & “fabrications”. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost?

The scientist was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality.

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NEW ARTICLE: "Experiences of Derealization: A Naive Realist Account" I explore how derealization - where one's perceived environment feels unreal - challenges naive realism. A mix of philosophy of mental health and philosophy of perception. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Open access.

Experiences of derealization A naive realist account

A major symptom of “Derealization/Depersonalization Disorder” is derealization. People who experience derealization report a sense of unreality when it comes to their surroundings, yet they still p...

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Save the date (25 March 2026) for a workshop at Warwick on 'When knowledge isn't power', with an amazing line of speakers: Heather Widdows, Fiona MacCallum @fimaccallum.bsky.social, Kate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social, and Quassim Cassam.

WMA Workshop: 'When knowledge isn't power'.

This is a warm invitation to a mini-workshop on 'When knowledge isn't power' in Philosophy Fortnight. Hosted by The Warwick Mind and Action Research Centre (WMA) and Funded by Leverhulme Trust. Organi...

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This paper is finally assigned to an issue with Open Access. Hope you like it. 'Akratic Beliefs and Seemings'. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 103(4), 994–1010. doi.org/10.1080/0004...

Akratic Beliefs and Seemings

How does it come about that a person akratically believes that P, while at the same time believing that the available evidence speaks against P? Among the current accounts, Scanlon offers an intuit...

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Chenwei Nie@chenweinie.com · last yr.

Why do we sometimes believe something against the evidence? My recent paper in AJP proposes a new explanation, suggesting that it may be 'caused' by harmful #seemings. ↪️ doi.org/10.1080/0004... #Philsky

I have news. Wonderful news. New paper on #disinformation. The title is the thesis. Think of disinformation as content that functions to optimise the decisions of the audience for the disinformant. This doesn't require deception or content that induces false belief. philpapers.org/rec/LITDIF

Clayton Littlejohn, Disinformation is for Degrading the Value of Information, not Confirming Falsehoods - PhilPapers

According to a recent account of disinformation, disinformation is content that “generates ignorance” (Simion 2024a; 2024b). The view improves upon previous accounts that focused upon the potential fo...

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Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows

Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU

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My article on Schopenhauer‘s alleged misanthropy is now available in early view - and it’s open access!

How Not to Hate Humanity: Schopenhauer's Response to Misanthropy

Abstract. Schopenhauer has a longstanding reputation for misanthropy. The reputation is warranted, but it is also potentially misleading. Privately, Schope

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