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Psychiatry and Philosophy of Science (Paperback)
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Psychiatry and Philosophy of Science (Paperback)
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"Psychiatry and Philosophy of Science" explores conceptual issues
in psychiatry from the perspective of analytic philosophy of
science. Through an examination of those features of psychiatry
that distinguish it from other sciences - for example, its
contested subject matter, its particular modes of explanation, its
multiple different theoretical frameworks, and its research links
with big business - Rachel Cooper explores some of the many
conceptual, metaphysical and epistemological issues that arise in
psychiatry. She shows how these pose interesting challenges for the
philosopher of science while also showing how ideas from the
philosophy of science can help to solve conceptual problems within
psychiatry. Cooper's discussion ranges over such topics as the
nature of mental illnesses, the treatment decisions and diagnostic
categories of psychiatry, the case-history as a form of
explanation, how psychiatry might be value-laden, the claim that
psychiatry is a multi-paradigm science, the distortion of
psychiatric research by pharmaceutical industries, as well as
engaging with the fundamental question whether the mind is
reducible to something at the physical level. "Psychiatry and
Philosophy of Science" demonstrates that cross-disciplinary contact
between philosophy of science and psychiatry can be immensely
productive for both subjects and it will be required reading for
mental health professionals and philosophers alike.
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