Within the last ten years, the interest of historians and philosophers of science in the epistemological writings of the Polish medical microbiologist Ludwik Fleck (1896-1961), who had up to then been almost completely unknown, has advanced with great strides. His main writings on epistemological questions were published in the mid-1930's, but they remained almost unnoticed. Today, however, one may rightly call Fleck a 'classical' figure both of episte mology and of the historical sociology of science, one whose works are comparable with Popper's Logic of Scientific Discovery or Merton's pioneer ing study of the relations among economics, Puritanism, and natural science, both also originally published in the mid-1930's. The story of this book of 'materials on Ludwik Fleck' is also the story of the reception of Ludwik Fleck. In this volume, some essential materials which have been produced by that reception have been gathered together. We will sketch both the reception and the materials."

Within the last ten years, the interest of historians and philosophers of science in the epistemological writings of the Polish medical microbiologist Ludwik Fleck (1896-1961), who had up to then been almost completely unknown, has advanced with great strides. His main writings on epistemological questions were published in the mid-1930's, but they remained almost unnoticed. Today, however, one may rightly call Fleck a 'classical' figure both of episte mology and of the historical sociology of science, one whose works are comparable with Popper's Logic of Scientific Discovery or Merton's pioneer ing study of the relations among economics, Puritanism, and natural science, both also originally published in the mid-1930's. The story of this book of 'materials on Ludwik Fleck' is also the story of the reception of Ludwik Fleck. In this volume, some essential materials which have been produced by that reception have been gathered together. We will sketch both the reception and the materials."

Dieses Buch widmet sich den vielfaltigen psychischen Stoerungen und wendet sich an alle Interessierte, von Betroffenen und Angehoerigen bis zu therapeutisch und pflegend tatigem Fachpersonal. Im Mittelpunkt steht eine kunstlerische Annaherung an die einzelnen psychischen Stoerungen, indem jede Diagnose mittels einer schwarz-weiss skizzierten Darstellung interpretiert wird. Erganzt werden die bildlichen Darstellungen durch jeweils kurze und pragnante Beschreibungen. Diese stellen die wichtigsten Symptome der Stoerungsbilder vor, Informationen zur Haufigkeit ihres Auftretens, Kenntnisse uber moegliche Entstehungsbedingungen, ihren Verlauf, sowie therapeutische Optionen und einen prognostischen Ausblick. Wahrend teils erhebliche Fehlinformationen uber psychiatrische Stoerungsbilder kursieren, enthalt dieses Werk ausschliesslich Informationen, die nach heutigem Wissensstand allgemein anerkannt sind. So ist es bestens geeignet fur Betroffene und Angehoerige. Psychiatrische oder wissenschaftliche Vorkenntnisse sind zum Verstandnis nicht erforderlich. Die Autoren habe eine leicht verstandliche Sprache gewahlt, sodass das Werk fur jeden Interessierten eine ebenso originelle, wie interessante und bereichernde Reise in die Welt der psychiatrischen Phanomene bietet.

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