Patel, Shivam (2023) Thought Insertion without Thought. [Preprint]
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Abstract
There are a number of conflicting accounts of thought insertion, the delusion that the thoughts of another are inserted into one’s own mind. These accounts share the common assumption of realism: that the subject of thought insertion has a thought corresponding to the description of her thought insertion episode. I challenge the assumption by arguing for an anti-realist treatment of first-person reports of thought insertion. I then offer an alternative account, simulationism, according to which sufferers merely simulate having a thought inserted into their heads. By rejecting realism, the paper undermines a widespread explanatory framework that unites otherwise competing cognitive models of thought insertion.
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Item Type: | Preprint | ||||||
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Keywords: | thought insertion; schizophrenia; dreams; simulation; cognitive explanation | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness Specific Sciences > Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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Depositing User: | Shivam Patel | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2023 20:07 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2023 20:07 | ||||||
Item ID: | 22536 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness Specific Sciences > Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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Date: | 5 July 2023 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22536 |
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