Biological Cognition

Опубликована: Ноя. 23, 2022

This Element introduces a biological approach to cognition, which highlights the significance of allostatic regulation and navigation challenges opportunities. It argues that cognition is best understood as juggling act, reflects numerous ongoing attempts minimize disruptions while prioritizing sources information are necessary satisfy social needs; it provides characterization architectural constraints, neurotransmitters, affective states shape visual perception, well regulatory capacities sustain flexible patterns thought behavior.

Язык: Английский

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Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness

Опубликована: Дек. 20, 2023

Is consciousness a purely physical phenomenon? Most contemporary philosophers and theorists hold that it is, take this to be supported by modern science. But significant minority endorse non-physicalist theories such as dualism, idealism panpsychism, among other reasons because may seem impossible fully explain consciousness, or capture what it's like in conscious states (such seeing red, being pain), terms. This Element will introduce the main of most important arguments for them, consider how they each respond scientific support physicalism. title is also available Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Язык: Английский

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Attention and Mental Control

Опубликована: Ноя. 10, 2022

Mental control refers to the ability our own minds. Its primary expression, attention has become a popular topic for philosophers in past few decades, generating need primer on concept. It is related self-control, which typically maintenance of preferred behavior face temptation. While distinct concept, criticisms self-control can also be applied mental control, such as that it implies existence an unscientific homunculus-like agent or not natural kind. Yet, this Element suggests, scientifically-grounded account remains possible. The organized into five main sections, cover concept relationship between and attention, phenomena meditation mind-wandering, deficit hyperactivity disorder, emergence-based accounts including original by author.

Язык: Английский

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On the concept, taxonomy, and transculturality of disordered grief

Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14

Опубликована: Фев. 5, 2024

The enduring question of whether grief can ever be pathological (and, if so, when) has been shrouding mental health and psychiatric care over the last few years. While this discussion extends beyond confines psychiatry to encompass contributions from diverse disciplines such as Anthropology, Sociology, Philosophy, scrutiny mainly directed toward for its purported inclination pathologize grief-an unavoidable facet human experience. This critique gained particular salience considering formal inclusion prolonged disorder (PGD) in 11th edition International Classification Diseases (ICD-11) subsequent Text Revision 5th Edition Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR). study contends that a diagnostic entity may excessively rooted Western cultural perspectives empirical data, neglecting nuanced variations expression interpretation across different contexts. formalization not only raises questions about universality validity but also poses challenges transcultural psychiatry, due poor representation research increased risk misdiagnosis. Additionally, it exacerbates ongoing concerns related normativism lack genuine relativism within DSM. Furthermore, passionate surrounding existence, or not, disordered forms actually impede effective individuals genuinely grappling with grief. In light these considerations, proposes should approached category potential bias until comprehensive cross-cultural studies, conducted settings, either substantiate refute broader applicability. recalibration is imperative advancing more inclusive culturally sensitive understanding field psychiatry.

Язык: Английский

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The Concept of Emotional Disorder

Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Окт. 16, 2024

Abstract This book examines judgements about emotional health and pathology, with the aim of understanding conceptual structure these judgements. is essential for adjudicating debate whether psychiatry (over)-pathologizes ordinary experiences, more broadly, place emotions—especially distressing unpleasant emotions—in a form life in which flourishing, personal moral agency, self-identity matter. investigation into concept disorder promises to enrich our value emotions human life. It also introduces new considerations that are germane mental disorder.

Язык: Английский

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Setting out the Basic Evaluative Dimensions (BED) Framework

Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 11 - 56

Опубликована: Окт. 21, 2024

Abstract The central claim in this chapter is that the concept of emotional disorder meta-evaluative, and thus judgements are opaque. This established by means ‘Basic Evaluative Dimension’ (BED) analytical framework presented chapter. In slightly more detail: identifies five basic evaluative dimensions along which we appraise our experiences (these rationality or otherwise responses, valence quality experiences, their existential significance, as well roles they play agential efficacy interpersonal functioning), it shows judgement always rooted negative appraisal make an experience one these dimensions. constrained counterweighed any positive made experience, again way, a meta-evaluative signifies negotiation (either implicitly explicitly) between various appraisals evaluation.

Язык: Английский

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Introduction

Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 10

Опубликована: Окт. 21, 2024

Abstract Philosophical discussions about the concept of emotional disorder tend to be informed primarily by broader debate mental (or that more generally). Little if any serious consideration is given separate philosophical nature emotions. The puzzle how we ought delineate boundary illustratively introduced reference a over exactly this question between evolutionary theorists Allan Horwitz and Jerome Wakefield, on one hand, other, psychiatrist Kenneth Kendler. key assumptions made both parties are identified, provides launchpad into inquiry will follow.

Язык: Английский

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Conclusion

Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 199 - 210

Опубликована: Окт. 21, 2024

Abstract In this concluding chapter, I recapitulate the analysis of concept emotional disorder that has been put forward in book, namely is a meta-evaluative rides upon more primitive appraisals made our experiences along basic evaluative dimensions (BEDs), and negotiation space shaped from top down by conceptions human flourishing. The discussion concludes tracing out one implication on broader debate about nature mental disorder, an centres sui generis character disorder.

Язык: Английский

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The Medicalization of Emotions (I)

Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 57 - 74

Опубликована: Окт. 21, 2024

Abstract This chapter considers attempts to uphold the direct pathologization of distressing emotions by circumventing BED framework. circumvention would likely be attempted appealing neurophysiological and phenomenological considerations. I will argue that these appeals phenomenology neurophysiology respectively are insufficient conclusively establish pathology status our emotions. means judgements emotional disorder remain opaque: we can only arrive at through more basic evaluations experiences do not themselves invoke concept pathology. In view this opacity, those seeking defend have no choice but negotiate evaluative dimensions (as set out in framework).

Язык: Английский

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The Medicalization of Emotions (II)

Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 75 - 98

Опубликована: Окт. 21, 2024

Abstract This chapter begins to set out what is at stake as we negotiate the BED framework. I do this by comparing two ways of negotiating framework—one way results in pathologization distressing emotions and other does not. Mapping these respective approaches framework enables us appreciate occluded, foregrounded, each approach – therein giving a clearer understanding choices are presented with navigate basic evaluative space. At point, however, it isn’t yet clear that ultimately matters which decide go.

Язык: Английский

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