Here I reply to the main points raised by the commentators on the arguments put forward in my Delusions and Other Irrational Beliefs (OUP, 2009). My response is aimed at defending a modest doxastic account of clinical delusions, and is articulated in three sections. First, I consider the view that delusions are in-between perceptual and doxastic states, defended by Jacob Hohwy and Vivek Rajan, ...

Decision making is integral for organizational success, and that, the basic tenet rationality. Yet, no decisions in workplace are purely rational. Irrational decision-making behaviours irrational beliefs of employees. employee can cause a billion dollar revenue loss. The purpose this paper to study complex phenomenon decision unearth its dimensions. Hence, envisaged as lived experience using in...

Abstract Sometimes, learning about the origins of a belief can make it irrational to continue hold that belief—a phenomenon we call ‘genealogical defeat’. According explanationist accounts, genealogical defeat occurs when one learns there is no appropriate explanatory connection between one's and truth. Flatfooted versions explanationism have been widely rightly rejected on grounds they would d...

Background: The present study examined the effect of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (GCBT) on inefficient beliefs and marital satisfaction in pregnant women with the Fear of First Childbirth (FoFC).  Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a Pre-test-Post-test and a control group design. The study participants were pregnant women with FoFC who visited Quchan health center in 2018...

Delusions are often regarded as irrational beliefs, but their irrationality is not sufficient to explain what is pathological about them. In this paper we ask whether deluded subjects have the capacity to support the content of their delusions with reasons, that is, whether they can author their delusional states. The hypothesis that delusions are characterised by a failure of authorship, which...

This research examines the incremental validity of irrational thinking as conceptualized by Albert Ellis to predict diverse aspects of subjective well-being while controlling for the influence of personality factors. Rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT) argues that irrational beliefs result in maladaptive emotions leading to reduced well-being. Although there is some early scientific eviden...

Testing market effi ciency in betting markets does not necessarily get around the joint hypothesis problem because the result depends on the assumed role of bookmakers. In a simple model of monopolistic competition, bookmakers’ rational pricing induces the Favorite-Longshot Bias even without bettors’irrationality (Rational Mispricing) and accommodates bettors’irrational beliefs to exploit betti...

This study examined the association among interpersonal relationships, irrational beliefs, and life satisfaction. Twenty-eight psychotherapy clients and 207 college undergraduates completed measures of interpersonal relations (Outcome Questionnaire; Lambert et al., 1996), irrationality (Rational Behavior Inventory; Shorkey & Whiteman, 1977), and life satisfaction (The Satisfaction with Life Sca...