Essays on Delusion

The discussion, whether free will exists, persists in philosophy for centuries. Numerous arguments were put forth by both determinists and libertarians. And while the aim of these arguments is to prove either of the viewpoints, the question of why exactly should either of them be proven and their practical consequences are not less important. In this paper, I will argue against the existence of free will in a libertarian sense, explain the consequences of libertarian and determinist positions and tell why I found this topic particularly interesting. The debates around free will mostly address the free will which is ...

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Success in Meditation Meditation is the mind training, developing the strengths and skills that are needed to solve mind problems. Such as there are many different medicaments for the various illnesses, there are different types of meditation for the different mind problems. Alhough the mind desires happiness, it still controls to weigh itself down with mental depression. As the matter of fact, that depression comes from the mind’s attempts to search out for happiness. Meditation helps to understand the causes for why the mind “acts” like this and, in revealing them, helps you to treat them. In treating ...

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Ambrose Bierce is a prominent author known for his many works one of which is An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. This is the story of Peyton Farquhar a planter from the South. The story is set during the civil war. Peyton has been sentenced to hang by the Union Army for his failed attempt at destroying the Owl Creek railroad bridge. The author leads the reader to believe that Peyton escapes the hanging by falling into the river below and reunites with his wife and children at his farm. This is not the case since it is revealed ...

John Nash, the main character of the movie A beautiful mind (2001), exhibits peculiar behavior that can be at first considered an inherent part of his talented, creative, yet odd personality. Such behavior includes clumsiness, social awkwardness, pride in oneself that borders with vanity and uncontrolled, erratic movements. However, later the viewer gets to understand that John sees hallucinations, believes in working for, and then being persecuted by, a secret agency, as well as believes in his own superiority over other people (A beautiful mind, 2001). John’s erratic movements can be considered as disorganized behavior (Huffman, 2012, p. ...

In nursing, there has been a need to involve spirituality when caring for patients especially when it is mental health care. The reasons for taking spiritual history in psychiatry are complex but include the nature of spirituality being a source of motivation, vitality, and a healthy sense of belonging. In addition, there has been a long historical relationship between religion, medicine, and mental health care. Moreover, the influence of religion or spirituality has the attitudes and decisions of psychiatrists. Spirituality enables and motivates people to search for meaning and purpose in life (Koenig, 2008). Therefore, integrated forces are hierarchically ...

“A New Kind of Delusion” discusses an exploration by psychiatrist Joel Gold and philosopher Ian Gold. The brothers have been studying a growing mental illness in which a person believes they are, unknowingly, the star of a reality television show. As this sounds somewhat like the protagonist’s actual fate in the 1998 film “The Truman Show,” the brothers have coined the condition the ‘Truman Show delusion’. Gold and Gold deem this to be a culturally based display of psychotic thinking.

The brothers hypothesise that certain aspects of modern culture could be driving this drift of the Truman Delusion. They suggest that extensive ...