Talk:Hallucinations in the sane

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Someone (unidentified) changed my characterisation of William James as a 'psychologist' to 'psychiatrist'. However, I think it would be misleading to describe William James as a psychiatrist. The Wikipedia article on him, which seems to me scholarly and informed, describes him as a 'psychologist and philosopher'. In fact I have never seen him described otherwise. The Wiki article makes it clear that, although he acquired an M.D. degree, he never practised medicine, although he lectured on physiology and anatomy, among other subjects. Certainly I have never heard of him practising any form of psychiatry. I have therefore changed 'psychiatrist' to 'psychologist and philosopher', which is how he is characterised in the Wikipedia article on him.Ranger2006

[edit] Dreams are hallucinatory experiences too

In the page there is a refference to Lucid Dreams as hallucinatory experience. But the same thing goes to Non-Lucid Dreams.

See more here: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109540/dream —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.78.160.118 (talk) 11:56, 29 December 2006 (UTC).

Fair enough; but I feel I have covered that point by my phrase: 'Lucid dreams[...] may be regarded as hallucinatory experiences in the same way as non-lucid dreams of a vivid perceptual nature may be regarded as hallucinatory'.Ranger2006

Isn't there some physiological problem, i believe some eye disorder that causes hallucinations?

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