With the help of concepts adapted from different branches of cognitive science - cognitive linguistics, cognitive and clinical psychology - this book explains where and why therapy is called for in philosophy, and develops techniques to actually carry it out.

"Philosophical Delusion and its Therapy" develops a novel account of the nature and genesis of philosophical problems. This account vindicates a revolutionary reorientation of philosophical work: the project of philosophical therapy pioneered by Ludwig Wittgenstein. With the help of concepts adapted from different branches of cognitive science (cognitive linguistics, cognitive and clinical psychology), the book explains where and why therapy is called for in philosophy, and develops techniques to actually carry it out.