{"product_id":"9780631221364","title":"Pathologies of Belief","description":"\u003ch3\u003eReadings in Mind and Language\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePathologies of Belief\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMax Coltheart | Martin Davies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ History \u0026amp; Surveys \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn this book, psychologists and philosophers describe and discuss a range of case studies of delusional beliefs, drawing out general lessons both for the cognitive architecture of the mind and for the notion of rationality, and exploring connections between the delusional beliefs that occur in schizophrenia and the flawed understanding of beliefs that is characteristic of autism.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eMax Coltheart\u003c\/b\u003e studied psychology at the University of Sydney and began his lecturing career there, subsequently teaching at the University of Waterloo in Canada and the University of Reading in England, before being appointed Professor of Psychology at Birkbeck College London, a position he held for twelve years before returning to Australia in 1987 to become Professor of Psychology at Macquarie University in Sydney. He is the author of about 150 journal articles and book chapters, co-author of \u003ci\u003eLanguage Processing in Children and Adults\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of nine collections including \u003ci\u003eDeep Dyslexi\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cognitive Neuropsychology of Language\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the founding editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eCognitive Neuropsychology\u003c\/i\u003e and one of the founding editors of \u003ci\u003eMind and Language\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Davies\u003c\/b\u003e studied philosophy at Monash University in Melbourne and at the University of Oxford and spent eleven years at Birkbeck College London as lecturer and then reader in philosophy. In 1993 he became the Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy at Oxford, where he was a Fellow of Corpus Christi College. He returned to Australia in 2000 to take up a Professorship in the Philosophy Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMeaning, Quantification ,Necessity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKnowing What Thought Requires\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of three collections in the Readings in Mind and Language series. He was one of the founding editors of \u003ci\u003eMind and Language\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 January 1991\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631221364\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44377661833356,"sku":"9780631221364","price":38.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631221364.jpg?v=1780281392","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631221364","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}