Projekt

In philosophy, it is generally assumed that the self is the author of it's own thoughts. This position is challenged by the psychopathological phenomenon of thought insertion, one of the symptoms of schizophrenia. This project aims at a systematic investigation of authorship and control of thoughts in the phenomenon of thought insertion in schizophrenia in contrast to related psychiatric disorders of thought processing and thought control such as intrusive thoughts in patients suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder. It is proposed that the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying these phenomena differ quite substantially, despite their similarities on the phenomenal level. The collected data will form the basis of an empirical theory of authorship and thought control which will be integrated into a philosophical framework of self-consciousness.

• Dr. Martin Voss

  Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  Psychiatrische Klinik im St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus
  Berlin
  

• Prof. Dr. Gottfried Vosgerau

  Universität Düsseldorf
  Philosophische Fakultät
  Institut für Philosophie
  Düsseldorf
  

• Dr. Daniela Simon

  Humboldt-Universität Berlin
  Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
  Institut für Psychologie
  Berlin