Philosophical Psychopathology

By George Graham

Book Overview

This text is a benchmark volume for an emerging field where mental disorders serve as the springboard for philosophical insights. It brings together current research by Owen Flanagan, Robert Gordon, Robert Van Gulick and others on mental disorders of consciousness, self-consciousness, emotions, personality, and action and belief as well as general methodological questions about the study of mental disorder. Topics include the problem of despair, multiple personality disorder, autism and the theory of the mind debate, and the effectiveness of psychotherapy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262071592
• ISBN13: 9780262071598
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher