title: The nature of delusion: psychologically explicable? psychologically inexplicable? philosophically explicable? Part 2.
abstract: The first part of this article dealt with the extant formulations of delusion, psychiatric and psychological, suggestions which, respectively, regard delusion as psychologically inexplicable or explicable. All this was subjected to critique. This second part puts forward informed philosophical thesis whereby delusion can be explained within the philosophical movement known as phenomenology and, in particular, Max Scheler's version of this.
authors.affiliation: Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, London jccutting@outlook.com.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cutting
authors.affiliation: Anton Proksch Institut, Wien, Austria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Musalek
mesh_terms: D003702:Delusions; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D010684:Philosophy; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D011584:Psychology / Q000266:history*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000266:history*
keywords: 20th century; Delusion; Max Scheler; depression; schizophrenia