tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430111450575356526.post4463869689361964728..comments2024-03-22T22:09:09.407+00:00Comments on Imperfect Cognitions: Delusions: Not on a Continuum with Normal BeliefsKengo Miyazonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01643685718519136099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430111450575356526.post-48382345447802834142013-10-18T14:41:09.249+01:002013-10-18T14:41:09.249+01:00Thank you Tony for your post! I agree with you tha...Thank you Tony for your post! I agree with you that it is very difficult to define (especially demarcate) delusions on epistemic grounds, and that in order to understand a delusion one needs a lot of contextual information. But I think that's true of normal beliefs as well. <br /><br />Maybe because I have always been impressed by the amount of irrationality normal beliefs are subject to, I have tended to see delusions on a continuum with them. Recently and by mere chance I found this quote by Erasmus (The Praise of Folly, 1509): "I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is called insane because this happens to very few people." I'm drawn to this view, although I also see the advantages of yours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com