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Philosophy, Psychology and Psychiatry

A Phillips Griffiths author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:30th Mar '95

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Philosophy of mind as traditionally understood has rarely engaged directly with psychology and psychiatry. This collection establishes the importance of this interdisciplinary approach and explores new directions in the 'philosophy of psychiatry and psychology'. The essays are by a distinguished group of contributors whose interests and expertise embrace the cognitive, biological and medical sciences as well as the social sciences and humanities. The topics are wide ranging and raise fundamental questions such as what establishes personality or personal identity; how should insanity - or sanity - be defined; what is 'consent'? Readers, like the contributors, will come from a wide range of backgrounds, and find the volume suggests new approaches and offers new insights.

ISBN: 9780521469029

Dimensions: 228mm x 161mm x 17mm

Weight: 412g

252 pages