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Reconceiving schizophrenia

By Graham , Man Cheung , George; Fulford , K. W. M.; Chung

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
9780191588938, 0191588938
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1654090 bytes)
Series
International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry
Pages
341\352
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Schizophrenia. Schizofrenie. Filosofische aspecten

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Schizophrenia arguably is the most troubling, puzzling, and complex mental illness. No single discipline is equipped to understand it. Though schizophrenia has been investigated predominately from psychological, psychiatric and neurobiological perspectives, few attempts have been made to apply the tool kit of philosophy to schizophrenia, the mix of global analysis, conceptual insight, and argumentative clarity that is indicative of a philosophical perspective. This book is a major effort at redressing that imbalance. Recent developments in the area of philosophy known as the philosophy of psych. Read more... Abstract: Schizophrenia arguably is the most troubling, puzzling, and complex mental illness. No single discipline is equipped to understand it. Though schizophrenia has been investigated predominately from psychological, psychiatric and neurobiological perspectives, few attempts have been made to apply the tool kit of philosophy to schizophrenia, the mix of global analysis, conceptual insight, and argumentative clarity that is indicative of a philosophical perspective. This book is a major effort at redressing that imbalance. Recent developments in the area of philosophy known as the philosophy of psych

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