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A Metaphysics of Psychopathology /

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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Autor principal: Zachar, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : MIT Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Sumario: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 psychopathology. Proposing what he calls a scientifically inspired pragmatism, Zachar considers such topics as the essentialist bias, diagnostic literalism, and the concepts of natural kind and social construct.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780262322270