Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: psychiatry and philosophy of science
- 2 The nature of mental illness 1: is mental illness a myth?
- 3 The nature of mental illness 2: if mental disorders exist, what are they?
- 4 Explanations in psychiatry 1: natural-history based explanations
- 5 Explanations in psychiatry 2: individual case histories
- 6 Relations between theories 1: when paradigms meet
- 7 Relations between theories 2: reductionisms
- 8 Managing values and interests 1: psychiatry as a value-laden science
- 9 Managing values and interests 2: big business and judging treatments
- 10 Conclusion
- Notes
- Further reading
- Bibliography
- Index
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: psychiatry and philosophy of science
- 2 The nature of mental illness 1: is mental illness a myth?
- 3 The nature of mental illness 2: if mental disorders exist, what are they?
- 4 Explanations in psychiatry 1: natural-history based explanations
- 5 Explanations in psychiatry 2: individual case histories
- 6 Relations between theories 1: when paradigms meet
- 7 Relations between theories 2: reductionisms
- 8 Managing values and interests 1: psychiatry as a value-laden science
- 9 Managing values and interests 2: big business and judging treatments
- 10 Conclusion
- Notes
- Further reading
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Psychiatry and Philosophy of Science , pp. 181 - 192Publisher: Acumen PublishingPrint publication year: 2007