Philosophical Psychopathology

by George Graham, G. Lynn Stephens (Editor)

Philosophical Psychopathology is a benchmark volume for an emerging field where mental disorders serve as the springboard for philosophical insights. It brings together innovative, current research by Owen Flanagan, Robert Gordon, Robert Van Gulick, and others on mental disorders of consciousness, self-consciousness, emotions, personality, and action and belief as well as general methodological questions about the study of mental disorder. Topics include the problem of despair, multiple personality disorder, autism and the theory of the mind debate, and the effectiveness of psychotherapy.An extensive introduction shows how to interpret philosophical psychopathology as an interdisciplinary field and locates the contributions in the book conceptually and in terms of the surrounding literature.Psychopathology promises to clarify and illuminate a host of philosophical issues. The twelve chapters focus chiefly on issues in applied philosophy of mind (personal identity and self- consciousness, voluntary action and self-control, cognition and practical reasoning), in the science of mind (the medical model of mental disorders, philosophy of science and psychiatry, psychopathology and folk psychology), and in the ethical and experiential dimensions of psychopathology.A Bradford Book

Genres: Psychology, Philosophy

332 pages, Hardcover

First published January 10, 1994

About the author

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Dr Graham is Professor of Philosophy at Georgia State University. He specializes in philosophy of mind, philosophical psychopathology (philosophy and psychiatry), and cognitive science.

View his academic profile at http://philosophy.gsu.edu/profile/geo...

Reviews

[Heather Browning]

I picked this up because the title intrigued me, but overall I was disappointed. The essays were quite technical and the book hung together extremely loosely. I would have liked more examples and case studies - I guess I was hoping for something in the vein of Oliver Sacks. I would recommend this book if you need a specific paper for research, but it definitely didn't work for me as a read-through.