Abstract
Abstract
The chapter argues that the doubt associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder results from a disfunction of the skeptical mechanism. There are seven different features of OCD doubt that can be explained, in part, by our theory. OCD doubt is sustained by attending to mere possibilities, it is typically associated with attempts to meet higher epistemic standards, it is triggered in situations that are perceived to be high stakes, it is guided by feelings, it is conflicted, it is sustained by meta-cognitive attitudes, and OCD may implicate similar brain structures as the skeptical mechanism.
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Oxford University PressOxford
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