Losing an anchoring in the everyday: The role of trust in understanding delusions – Owen Earnshaw (SPIRE seminar, 9 February 2012, Durham University)

Research Summary: Understanding Delusions Through Philosophy and Trust

Category: Academic seminar on philosophy of psychiatry and delusions

Topic: The role of trust and loss of everyday anchoring in understanding delusions

Speaker: Owen Earnshaw, PhD Philosophy; completed doctoral research on understanding delusions with personal expertise in schizophrenia

Event Details: SPIRE seminar, 9 February 2012, 12–2pm, Durham University Queens Campus, Stockton on Tees

Research Output: Completed PhD thesis; forthcoming chapter in Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry on delusions

Disciplinary Approach: Integrates philosophy and psychology to examine conceptual foundations of delusional experience and epistemic trust

Institutional Context: Support and Partnership for Ideas, Research and Empowerment (SPIRE) seminar series

We take pleasure in inviting you to join us for the next SPIRE (Support and Partnership for Ideas, Research and Empowerment) seminar:

Losing an anchoring in the everyday:
The role of trust in understanding delusions
Owen Earnshaw
9^th February 2012, 12 – 2 with lunch provided
D13, Seminar Room, Ebsworth Building
Queens Campus, Durham University, Stockton on Tees
RSVPs essential to Val Heard

An introduction to Owen: As an undergraduate I studied Philosophy and Psychology at Oxford University. Initially I intended to train as a clinical psychologist but my interest in philosophy and how it could be applied to problems in psychology lead me instead to do an MA in Philosophy. Around this time I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia and I decided to direct my studies towards trying to understand the condition. I have just completed a PhD in Philosophy on the topic of understanding delusions and have been asked to write a chapter on this area in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry.