{"product_id":"philosophical-issues-in-psychiatry-9781421418360","title":"Philosophical Issues in Psychiatry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Why Does Psychiatry Need Philosophy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Explanation \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1.Explaining Complex Behavior\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Etiological Models in Psychiatry: \u003ci\u003eReductive and Nonreductive Approaches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Levels of Explanation in Psychiatry\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Cause and Explanation in Psychiatry:\u003ci\u003e An Interventionist Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Causation in Psychiatry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Phenomenology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Varieties of \"Phenomenology\": \u003ci\u003eOn Description, Understanding, and Explanation in Psychiatry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Self-agency and Mental Causality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Nosology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Real Kinds but No True Taxonomy: \u003ci\u003eAn Essay in Psychiatric Systematics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Incredible Insecurity of Psychiatric Nosology\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408117637463,"sku":"9781421418360","price":30.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/philosophical-issues-in-psychiatry-9781421418360","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}