JOURNAL ARTICLE

Philosophy's Role in Theorizing Psychopathology.

  • Published In: Philosophy, Psychiatry & Psychology, 2024, v. 31, n. 1. P. 1 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Gibson, Quinn Hiroshi 3 of 3

Abstract

It is a mistake to think that any philosophical contribution to the study of psychopathology is otiose. I identify three non-exhaustive roles that philosophy can and does occupy in the study of mental disorder, which I call the agenda-setting role, the synthetic role, and the regulative role. The three roles are illustrated via consideration of the importance of Jaspers' notion of understanding and its application to specific examples of mental disorder, including delusions of reference, Capgras delusion and other monothematic delusions, and clinical depression. Together the three roles assign to philosophy of psychopathology the task of determining how to situate the varieties of mental disorder within the system of interpretive and evaluative concepts that partially make up the dynamic but indispensable manifest image. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Philosophy, Psychiatry & Psychology. 2024/03, Vol. 31, Issue 1, p1
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:1071-6076
  • DOI:10.1353/ppp.2024.a922675
  • Accession Number:176467258
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