Justin Garson

Madness

A Philosophical Exploration

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Since the time of Hippocrates, madness has typically been viewed through the lens of disease, dysfunction, and defect. In Madness, philosopher of science Justin Garson presents a radically different paradigm for conceiving of madness and the forms that it takes. In this paradigm, which he calls madness-as-strategy, madness is neither a disease nor a defect, but a designed feature, like the heart or lungs. The book will be essential readingfor philosophers of medicine and psychiatry, historians and sociologists of medicine, and mental health service users, survivors, and activists, for its alternative and liberating vision of what it means to… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-19-761383-2
EAN: 9780197613832
Produktnummer: 37740358
Verlag: Oxford Academic
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Seitenangabe: 312 S.
Masse: H24.2 cm x B16.2 cm x D2.5 cm 572 g
Gewicht: 572

Über den Autor

Justin Garson is a professor of philosophy at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York. His main interest is in exploring how biology can help us make progress on traditional problems of human nature. He has authored or co-authored dozens of scholarly articles on the philosophy of science, the history of neuroscience and medicine, and biodiversity conservation. He is the author of The Biological Mind: APhilosophical Introduction (Routledge, 2015; second edition forthcoming), A Critical Overview of Biological Functions (Springer, 2016), and What Biological Functions Are and Why They Matter (Cambridge University Press, 2019).