Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
June 16, 2026
Rick Bellaar, Jasper Feyaerts
This article explores the notion of first-person authority (FPA) in self-disorders (SD). It will be argued that the ‘ipseity disturbance model’ (IDM) of SD cannot account for the FPA of reports of disturbed mineness in SD. Moreover, it will be argued that the phenomenological account of a ‘loss of common sense’ - typically coupled with the IDM - cannot account for the FPA of reports of...
Psychopathology
May 21, 2026
Pavan S Brar, Elizabeth Pienkos, Gil Grunfeld et al.
An important feature of contemporary phenomenological psychopathology is the development of explanatory accounts, constructed at the level of first-person experience, for why certain phenomena appear in a psychiatric condition. Termed phenomenological explanation, this approach to explanation is intended to uniquely contribute to diagnostic classification and etiology. Despite its promise for...
The lancet. Psychiatry
March 1, 2026
Jasper Feyaerts, Pavan S Brar, Louis Sass et al.
1 citation
In the past three decades, psychiatric research has increasingly focused on the early subthreshold stages of psychosis, with the aim of improving the early identification and treatment of individuals at increased risk of psychotic disorder. Yet, despite considerable research effort, current early psychosis research faces several limitations. In this Personal View, we consider how integrating...
Psychopathology
August 18, 2025
Evan J. Kyzar, George H Denfield, Jasper Feyaerts et al.
1 citation
Dynamical systems theory (DST) has recently gained traction as a framework to describe and predict the progression of psychopathology. However, a number of challenges to the application of DST to psychopathology have arisen, including the heterogeneity of symptom measures and the lack of theoretical underpinnings to describe the temporal unfolding of psychiatric illnesses. In this article, we...
January 18, 2024
Jasper Feyaerts, Barnaby Nelson, Louis Sass
1 citation
preprint
Understanding alterations of selfhood (termed self-disorders or self-disturbances) that are considered typical of the schizophrenia-spectrum is a central focus of phenomenological research. The currently most influential way of phenomenologically conceiving self-disorders in schizophrenia is as disorders of the so-called most basic or ‘minimal self’. In this paper, we first highlight some...
Frontiers in Psychology
August 25, 2023
Elizabeth Pienkos, Jérôme Englebert, Jasper Feyaerts et al.
11 citations
SCOPUS: ed.j
Philosophy, psychiatry & psychology
2021
Zeno van Duppen, Jasper Feyaerts
15 citations
status: Published