Matthew Ratcliffe (Department of Philosoph Professor of Philosophy

Experiences of Depression: A Study in Phenomenology

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Produktbeschreibung

Experiences of Depression is a philosophical exploration of what it is like to be depressed. In this important new book, Matthew Ratcliffe develops a detailed account of depression experiences by drawing on work in phenomenology, philosophy of mind and psychology, and several other disciplines.

Produktdetails

• International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9780199608973
• ISBN-10: 0199608970
• Artikelnr.: 47870254

Autorenporträt

Matthew Ratcliffe is a Professor of Philosophy at Durham University. Most of his research addresses issues in phenomenology, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of psychiatry. He is the author of Rethinking Commonsense Psychology: A Critique of Folk Psychology, Theory of Mind and Simulation (Palgrave, 2007) and Feelings of Being: Phenomenology, Psychiatry and the Sense of Reality (Oxford University Press, 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: The World of Depression
2: Experiencing the Possible
3: Depression and the Body
4: Loss of Hope
5: Depth, Guilt and Narrative
6: Agency and Free Will
7: Time
8: Other People
9: Depression and Empathy
10: The Nature of Depression
Appendix: Depression Questionnaire Respondents
References