Abstract
Abstract This article aims to contribute to cognitive therapy of polythematic delusions by proposing a preliminary step to the implementation of traditional cognitive therapy, based on the construction of alternative hypotheses to delusions and testing of the latter. This additional step resides in the construction in the patient of the necessary skills to use the general experimentalist method of knowledge acquisition. Such an approach is based on the contrast between the logico-theoretical and the experimentalist turn of mind. Some elements such as to allow any such construction in the patient are then described and analyzed.
Highlights
This article aim s to contribute to cognitive therapy of polythem atic d elusions by proposing a prelim inary step to the im plem entation of trad itional cognitive therapy, based on the construction of alternative hypotheses to d elusions and testing of the latter
Su ch a step aim s to strengthen the p atient's ability to u se the general ap p roach of experimentalist type for know led ge acquisition —an approach w hich is based on the op p osition betw een the theoretical-logical and the exp erim entalist tu rn of m ind
On the one hand, of teachin g the p atient how to constru ct alternative hyp otheses to d elu sions su ch as “television is talking abou t m e”, “a satellite send s m e thou ghts”, “aliens are p lotting against m e”, etc., and second ly to encou rage him / her to test both d elu sions and the associate d alternative hyp otheses, in ord er to valid ate or invalid ate them
Summary
Classical cognitive therap y targeted at p olythem atic d elu sions associated w ith schizop hrenia is based on the search for evid ence related to d elu sional id eas and the constru ction of alternative hyp otheses to the latter. Su ch a step aim s to strengthen the p atient's ability to u se the general ap p roach of experimentalist type for know led ge acquisition —an approach w hich is based on the op p osition betw een the theoretical-logical and the exp erim entalist tu rn of m ind. The m atrix of concep ts corresp ond ing to the concep ts of courage, cowardice and temerity is thu s as follow s: At this step , w e are in a p osition to constru ct the m atrix of concep ts that ap p lies to the op p osition betw een theoretical-logical and exp erim entalist tu rn of m ind. The exp erim entalist tu rn of m ind has a p ositive form w hich entails the solid ity of know led ge and the search for evid ence, and a negative form w hich lead s to extrem e em p iricism , associated w ith lack of u nd erstand ing and absence of exp lan at ion
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