Philosophy of Science and Psychiatry.

Philosophy of Science and Psychiatry.

Psychiatry and Philosophy of Science explores conceptual issues in psychiatry from the perspective of analytic philosophy of science. Through an examination of those features of psychiatry that distinguish it from other sciences - for example, its contested subject matter, its particular modes of ex...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Acumen 2007.
Subjects:
Neuropsychiatry.
Psychiatry.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction: psychiatry and philosophy of science
  • 2. The nature of mental illness 1: is mental illness a myth?
  • 3. The nature of mental illness 2: if mental disorders exist, what are they?
  • 4. Explanations in psychiatry 1: natural-history based explanations
  • 5. Explanations in psychiatry 2: individual case histories
  • 6. Relations between theories 1: when paradigms meet
  • 7. Relations between theories 2: reductionisms
  • 8. Managing values and interests 1: psychiatry as a value-laden science
  • 9. Managing values and interests 2: big business and judging treatments
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Further reading
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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