Naturalism, Interpretation, and Mental Disorder

ISBN-13: 9780198747253 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 272 str.

Somogy Varga

Opis

In a therapeutic encounter, the dialogue between therapist and client, along with the specific language used by a client to express thoughts, emotions, desires, and beliefs reveals much about their inner state. Yet, too often this vital aspect of the encounter is overlooked when considering and treating mental disorder.

This book is unique in integrating a hermeneutical perspective to understanding mental illness - one that places an emphasis on analysing and interpreting the language used within a therapeutic encounter, whilst also considering the context in which it is expressed. Within the book, the reader will how learn such an approach can reveal more about mental illness than some of the more traditional psychiatric methods currently used today. In addition, the book shows us how a hermeneutically informed approach can be valuable for understanding the concept of mental disorder itself, making it valuable for all those within the fields of psychiatry and philosophy of mind.

Naturalism, interpretation, and mental disorder' brings fresh thinking to the field of philosophy and psychiatry, and will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of mental health and philosophy of mind.

Recenzje

This is a philosophical evaluation of the problems inherent in coming to understand and decide if certain human behavior and emotional states are in fact illnesses. . . and does bring to light an interesting perspective.

O autorze

Somogy Varga earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. He has worked at the Institute of Social Research (Goethe University), the Institute of Cognitive Science at the (University of Osnabr"uck, Germany) and the Centre for Subjectivity Research (University of Copenhagen, Denmark). His research has several foci, including Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of (Cognitive) Science, Moral Psychology, and Social Philosophy. He is currently a faculty member at the Institute for Intelligent Systems (FedEx Institute of Technology), a visiting research professor at the University of Copenhagen, and serves as the editor of the Southern Journal of Philosophy.