Artificial Paranoia

Artificial Paranoia: A Computer Simulation of Paranoid Processes is a seven-chapter book that begins by explaining the concept, characteristics, and theories of paranoia. Subsequent chapters focus on the explanations, models, and symbol-processing theory of the paranoid mode. Another chapter explores language-recognition processes for understanding dialogues in teletyped psychiatric interviews. The last three chapters explore the central processes of the model, validation, and evaluation.

Preface

Chapter 1 The Paranoid Mode

The Concept of Paranoia

Characteristics of Clinical Paranoia

Theories of Paranoia

Chapter 2 Explanations and Models

The Nature of Explanation

Symbolic Models

The Nature of Algorithms

Analogy

Functional Equivalence

Chapter 3 A Symbol-Processing Theory of the Paranoid Mode

Hypotheses and Assumptions

Initial Conditions

Chapter 4 Language-Recognition Processes for Understanding Dialogues in Teletyped Psychiatric Interviews

Chapter 5 The Central Processes of the Model

Chapter 6 Validation

Some Tests

Method

Patients

Judges

Chapter 7 Evaluation

References

Author Index

Subject Index