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Psychological concepts and biological psychiatry : a philosophical analysis /
This interdisciplinary work addresses the question, What role should psychological conceptualization play for thinkers who believe that the brain is the organ of the mind? It offers readers something unique both by systematically comparing the writings of eliminativist philosophers of mind with the...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA :
John Benjamins Pub.,
2000.
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| Series: | Advances in consciousness research ;
v. 28. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | This interdisciplinary work addresses the question, What role should psychological conceptualization play for thinkers who believe that the brain is the organ of the mind? It offers readers something unique both by systematically comparing the writings of eliminativist philosophers of mind with the writings of the most committed proponents of biological psychiatry, and by critically scrutinizing their shared "anti-anthropomorphism" from the standpoint of a diagnostician and therapist. Contradicitng the contemporary assumption that common sense psychology has already been proven futile, and we |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XIX, 340 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027299864 9027299862 |