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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Main Author: Zachar, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : MIT Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Psychology, Pathological.
Metaphysics.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
mental disorders.
humanities.
behavioral sciences.
philosophy.
metaphysics.
Maladies mentales.
Sciences humaines.
Sciences du comportement.
Philosophie.
Metaphysique.
Psychopathologie.
Metaphysics
Psychopathology
Mental Disorders
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
Humanities
Behavioral Sciences
Philosophy
Psychiatry and Psychology
Mental Disorders > psychology
Mental illness.
Humanities.
Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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