Tim Thornton (Preston University of Central Lancashire)

Mental Illness

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Produktbeschreibung

The very idea of mental illness is contested. Given its differences from physical illnesses, is it right to count it, and particular mental illnesses, as genuinely medical as opposed to moral matters? This Element serves as a guide to these contested debates.

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Produktdetails

• Elements in Philosophy of Mind
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 86
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 146g
• ISBN-13: 9781108925020
• ISBN-10: 1108925022
• Artikelnr.: 63979495

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Mental illness and psychiatric diagnosis
2. Philosophical analyses of mental illness: Szasz, Kendell and Boorse
3. Philosophical analyses of mental illness: Wakefield, Fulford and Pickering
4. Vindicating kinds
5. Hacking on looping or interactive kinds
6. Transcultural psychiatry and cultural concepts of distress
Conclusions.