So, if you're deluded about being psychotic, are you psychotic?
Pointless question? I know 😂
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My philosophical reflex is to challenge that axiom and to say that you are not necessarily psychotic if you are deluded about being psychotic because that statement seems deceptively easy.
Throw your statement in a syllogism and perhaps you'll find the truth.
I will base myself on the following video:
[media=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXGcyAxRs8c]
Here:
- premise (is the premise true?): all delusion leads to psychosis (I would consider this to be untrue)
If all psychotics are deluded (I would consider this to be untrue)
and if LastingSunshine is deluded
then LastingSunshine is psychotic (does not follow)
Quote:
"Valid logic gives us true conclusions if we have true information to begin with.
Verifying the accuracy of your content means doing your homework on whatever it is you're arguing about."
While your statement may be logically valid, that doesn't mean it is sound. The exception exists therein that you can be deluded without being psychotic. What does psychotic really mean? What factors make the definition a whole?
Delusion is one of the many symptoms of psychosis, but not the sole deciding factor:
http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/ask-us/whats-the-difference-between-psychosis-and-schizophrenia
The fact you question this indicates that you are quite conscious about your delusions, which is what a deluded person would not typically be aware of.
Finally, since psychosis is a syndrome rather than a simple object of cause-and-effect by one symptom, I cannot accept the statement that someone delusional is psychotic.
Throw your statement in a syllogism and perhaps you'll find the truth.
I will base myself on the following video:
[media=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXGcyAxRs8c]
Here:
- premise (is the premise true?): all delusion leads to psychosis (I would consider this to be untrue)
If all psychotics are deluded (I would consider this to be untrue)
and if LastingSunshine is deluded
then LastingSunshine is psychotic (does not follow)
Quote:
"Valid logic gives us true conclusions if we have true information to begin with.
Verifying the accuracy of your content means doing your homework on whatever it is you're arguing about."
While your statement may be logically valid, that doesn't mean it is sound. The exception exists therein that you can be deluded without being psychotic. What does psychotic really mean? What factors make the definition a whole?
Delusion is one of the many symptoms of psychosis, but not the sole deciding factor:
http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/ask-us/whats-the-difference-between-psychosis-and-schizophrenia
The fact you question this indicates that you are quite conscious about your delusions, which is what a deluded person would not typically be aware of.
Finally, since psychosis is a syndrome rather than a simple object of cause-and-effect by one symptom, I cannot accept the statement that someone delusional is psychotic.