Philosophy and Psychiatry

by Daniel Moseley (editor), Gary Gala (Editor)

This groundbreaking volume of original essays presents fresh avenues of inquiry at the intersection of philosophy and psychiatry. Contributors draw from a variety of fields, including evolutionary psychiatry, phenomenology, biopsychosocial models, psychoanalysis, neuroscience, neuroethics, behavioral economics, and virtue theory. Philosophy and Psychiatry’s unique structure consists of two in the first, philosophers write five lead essays with replies from psychiatrists. In the second part, this arrangement is reversed. The result is an interdisciplinary exchange that allows for direct discourse, and a volume at the forefront of defining an emerging discipline. Philosophy and Psychiatry will be of interest to professionals in philosophy and psychiatry, as well as mental health researchers and clinicians.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published September 17, 2015

Reviews

[Cal Davie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice little back and forth on an array of issues with psychiatry from a philosophical perspective. Really cool that they included philosophers and non-philosophically trained psychiatrists in the dialogue. Variable quality, but generally quite decent.