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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Psychopathology and philosophy

edited byManfred Spitzer

Abstract

"Psychopathology should make clear what we know, how we know, and what we do not know. " "ffYoU thinkyou could eliminate philosophy, and regard it as something irrele­ vant it will overwhelm you in some obscure tDsguise. This is the point where that bulk of bad philosophy in psychopathological studies originates. " KARL JASPERS Since the publication of KARL JASPERS' General Psychopathology in 1913 at least, it has become obvious that a psychopathologist cannot do without philosophical reflection. If he wants to say anything about disorders of perception and thought, or of the experiencing I, to name the subjects of this book, he must know those disorders and the problems related to them. The phenomena and problems in question are not at all simply empirical (which is to say that they concern the structure and function of the organs of sense or the central nervous system), but conceptual. We have already formed some notions and prejudices concerning those subjects - perception, e. g. , is considered to be "a projection from the outside into the inward", thinking "a kind of inward talk", the I refers to "reflec­ ting upon me by myself', etc. Unless we think about these ideas critically, we shall fail in describing disorders of experience, thought, and action.

Details | Table of Contents

Dies und nicht das — dies mag das Problem sein

Formal-logische Betrachtungen der schizophrenen Denkstörungen

Rainer Hess

pp.96-105

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74133-3_7
Was sind Quasi-Indikatoren?

Eine Einführung in Castañedas Theorie der Subjektivität

Helmut PapeU. Leisinger

pp.198-209

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74133-3_15
Epilogue

philosophy, psychiatry, and modes of scientific progress

Manfred Spitzer

pp.253-277

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74133-3_18

Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 1988

Pages: 291, x

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-74133-3

ISBN (hardback): 9780387503578

ISBN (paperback): 978-3-540-50357-6

ISBN (digital): 978-3-642-74133-3

Full citation:

Spitzer Manfred (1988) Psychopathology and philosophy. Berlin, Springer.