The Paradoxes of Delusion: Wittgenstein, Schreber, and the Schizophrenic Mind

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Insanity?in clinical practice as in the popular imagination?is seen as a state of believing things that are not true and perceiving things that do not exist. Most schizophrenics, however, do not act as if they mistake their delusions for reality. In a work of uncommon insight and empathy, Louis A...