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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197613832ISBN-10:197613837UPC:9780197613832Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Ethics & Moral PhilosophySize:9.55 x 6.43 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCN2004KZX
Madness: A Philosophical Exploration
Since the time of Hippocrates, madness has typically been viewed through the lens of disease, dysfunction, and defect. Madness, like all other disease, happens when something in the mind, or in the brain, does not operate the way that it should or as nature intended. In this paradigm, the role of the healer is simply to find the dysfunction and fix it. This remains the dominant perspective in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197613832ISBN-10:197613837UPC:9780197613832Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Ethics & Moral PhilosophySize:9.55 x 6.43 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCN2004KZX
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...
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