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Book SynopsisD.
Trade ReviewThis is a serious and important book... it is certainly one that researchers, scholars and anyone involved in trying to explain the nature of psychiatric disorders to a skeptical audience ought to read. British Journal of Psychiatry This book asks the right questions, and sends us in the right direction. -- S. Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., M.A., M.P.H. Metapsychology A good collection of papers... Will be of most interest to specialists in the area of philosophy of psychiatry (and to philosophers of mind and psychology) -- Rachel Cooper Metapsychology Kendler and Parnas undertake this exploration in a readable, cogent manner in Philosophical Issues in Psychiatry... The authors go to great lengths to ensure that the book is accessible for those with a limited background in philosophy. -- Geoffrey Neimark, M.D. American Journal of Psychiatry
Table of ContentsList of Contributors
Preface
Introduction. Why Does Psychiatry Need Philosophy?
Part I: Explanation
Chapter 1.Explaining Complex Behavior
Chapter 2. Etiological Models in Psychiatry: Reductive and Nonreductive Approaches
Chapter 3. Levels of Explanation in Psychiatry
Chapter 4. Cause and Explanation in Psychiatry: An Interventionist Perspective
Chapter 5. Causation in Psychiatry
Part II: Phenomenology
Chapter 6. Varieties of "Phenomenology": On Description, Understanding, and Explanation in Psychiatry
Chapter 7. Self-agency and Mental Causality
Part III: Nosology
Chapter 8. Real Kinds but No True Taxonomy: An Essay in Psychiatric Systematics
Chapter 9. The Incredible Insecurity of Psychiatric Nosology
Epilogue
Index
