108 Pages
by
Routledge
108 Pages
by
Routledge
108 Pages
by
Routledge
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The question of whether mental disorders are disorders of the brain has led to a long-running and controversial dispute within psychiatry, psychology and philosophy of mind and psychology. While recent work in neuroscience frequently tries to identify underlying brain dysfunction in mental disorders, detractors argue that labelling mental disorders as brain disorders is reductive and can... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Brain disorders – The Narrow View
3. A workable notion of brain dysfunction
4. Objections and Clarifications
5. Implications for Agency and Responsibility
6. Conclusion.
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Anneli Jefferson is Lecturer in Philosophy, Cardiff University, UK. Her main research areas are moral philosophy and philosophy of psychology and psychiatry. She is especially interested in the intersection of these areas, for example in questions relating to moral psychology or the relationship between mental illness and moral responsibility.
