Multiple Realities and Hybrid Objects: A Creative Approach of Schizophrenic Delusion

Area of Science:

• Philosophy of Mind
• Psychopathology
• Social Psychology

Background:

• Delusions are typically defined as false beliefs contradicting external reality.
• Understanding the continuity between delusional and normal experiences remains a challenge.
• Existing models often struggle to account for the subjective reality of delusional beliefs.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore delusions through the lens of the Multiple Reality Theory (MRT).
• To investigate the potential for continuity and articulation between delusional and everyday realities.
• To introduce the concept of Hybrid Objects (HO) as mediators between different realities.

Main Methods:

• Theoretical analysis applying the Multiple Reality Theory (MRT) to delusions.
• Examination of two clinical cases illustrating the MRT framework.
• Discussion of compossibility (Double Book-Keeping) and flexibility as bridging mechanisms.

Main Results:

• The MRT provides a framework for understanding delusions not as mere false beliefs, but as distinct realities.
• Compossibility and flexibility are identified as key factors enabling articulation between different realities.
• Hybrid Objects (HO) are proposed as functional operators facilitating transitions between realities.

Conclusions:

• The MRT offers a novel perspective on the nature of delusion and its relationship to everyday experience.
• Delusion flexibility, understood as dynamic interaction between multiple realities, has significant psychotherapeutic implications.
• Perspectivism and the MRT framework can facilitate therapeutic interventions by enhancing a subject's access to reality flexibility.