Includes bibliographical references (pages [232]-254) and index.
Contents:
Pt. 1 Philosophy of psychiatry -- 1.Introduction: interpretation, naturalism, and the aims of this book -- 2.The philosophy of psychiatry: historical developments and current challenges -- 3.Interpreting psychiatric texts -- 4.Cognitivism, interpretation, and the therapeutic encounter -- pt. 2 The concept of mental disorder -- 5.Introduction to Part 2: two types of criticism -- 6.Natural kinds -- 7.Naturalizing biological function -- 8.Having it both ways -- 9.Self-interpretation, rationality, and mental disorder -- 10.Conclusion.
Series:
International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry
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