?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Complement+to+a+theory+of+the+cognitive+distortions&rft.creator=Franceschi%2C+Paul&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=The+purpose+of+this+study+is+to+describe+a+conceptual+framework+for+cognitive+distortions%2C+which+notably+allows+to+specify+more+accurately+their+intrinsic+relationships.+This+conceptual+framework+aims+at+inserting+itself+within+the+apparatus+of+cognitive+therapy+and+of+critical+thinking.+The+present+analysis+is+based+on+the+following+fundamental+concepts%3A+the+reference+class%2C+the+duality+and+the+system+of+taxa.+With+the+help+of+these+three+notions%2C+each+cognitive+distortion+can+be+defined.+A+distinction+is+also++made+between%2C+on+the+one+hand%2C+general+cognitive+distortions+and+on+the+other+hand%2C+specific+cognitive+distortions.+The+present+model+allows+then+to+define+within+the+same+conceptual+framework+the+general+cognitive+distortions+such+as+dichotomous+reasoning%2C+disqualifying+a+given+pole%2C+minimisation+and+maximisation.+It+also+allows+to+describe+as+specific+cognitive+distortions%3A+disqualifying+the+positive%2C+selective+abstraction+and+catastrophism.+Furthermore%2C+the+present+model+predicts+the+existence+of+two+other+general+cognitive+distortions%3A+the+omission+of+the+neutral+and+requalifying+in+the+other+pole.&rft.date=2006-11&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5261%2F1%2FComplement_to_a_theory_of_the_cognitive_distortions_%2528Cogprints%2529.pdf&rft.identifier=++Franceschi%2C+Paul++(2006)+Complement+to+a+theory+of+the+cognitive+distortions.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5261%2F