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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The effects of mental disorder are apparent and pervasive, in suffering, loss of freedom and life opportunities, negative impacts on education, work satisfaction and productivity, complications in law, institutions of healthcare, and more. This book tackles the problems involved in the definition and boundaries of mental disorder.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"In Unconscious knowing and other essays in psycho-philosophical analysis. Linda A.W. Brakel tackles a range of fascinating and puzzling phenomena that lie at the border between psychoanalysis and philosophy of mind and action. These include unconscious knowing. vagueness, agency, the placebo effect, and even explanation itself. Unique in its use of tools and concepts from both philosophy and psychoanalysis, the book demonstrates how this interdisciplinary...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This book is the first scholarly monograph in English devoted to the philosophical analysis of psychedelic drugs. Its central focus is the apparent conflict between the growing use of psychedelics in psychiatry and the philosophical worldview of naturalism.
"Recent clinical trials show that psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin can be given safely in controlled conditions, and can cause lasting psychological benefits with one or two administrations....