A metaphysics of psychopathology /

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In this study Peter Zachar considers such terms as 'real' and 'reality' - invoked in psychiatry but often obscure and remote from their instances - as abstract philosophical concepts. He then examines the implications of his approach for psychiatric classification and psychopatho...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zachar, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : MIT Press, 2014.
Colección:Philosophical psychopathology.
Temas:
Psychology, Pathological.
Metaphysics.
Philosophy.
Humanities.
Mental illness.
Mental Disorders > psychology
Psychiatry and Psychology
Philosophy
Behavioral Sciences
Humanities
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
Mental Disorders
Psychopathology
Metaphysics
Psychopathologie.
Métaphysique.
Philosophie.
Sciences du comportement.
Sciences humaines.
Maladies mentales.
metaphysics.
philosophy.
behavioral sciences.
humanities.
mental disorders.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Mental illness
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology
PHILOSOPHY/General
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: psychiatry, science wars, and the problem of realism
  • A scientifically-inspired pragmatism
  • Instrumental nominalism
  • Psychological and scientific essentialism
  • Misplaced literalism
  • Literalism and the distrust of authority
  • The objective within, not beyond, experience
  • Classification and the concept of psychiatric disorder
  • Four conceptual abstractions: natural kind, historical concept, normative concept and practical kind
  • Can grief really be a disorder?
  • Is narcissistic personality disorder real?
  • Psychiatry, progress, and thinking philosophically about philosophical concepts.

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