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The Enigma of Anorexia: Perceptual and Cognitive Factors
Anorexia nervosa is typified by enigmatic cognitive, perceptual and behavioral features that demand the research attention of philosophers in addition to psychologists. For example, epistemological challenges are raised by the apparently distorted claims about her size and shape expressed by the anorexia sufferer. Bringing together empirical evidence and theoretical analysis, this volume examines perceptual and cognitive factors that contribute to AN; the effects of their interactions, and the resultant cognitive status of their subjects’ belief claims. These are pressing issues, standing in the way of targeted and effective treatment for this dangerous disorder.
Editors
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Jennifer Radden, Jennifer.Radden@umb.edu
Jennifer Radden is Emerita Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She has published extensively on mental health concepts, the history of medicine, and ethical and policy aspects of psychiatric theory and practice. Recent publications include ‘Capturing the Anorexia Nervosa phenotype: conceptual and normative issues in ICD-11’ J Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2022; ‘Starving to Death and the Anorexic Frame of Mind’ Transcultural Psychiatry 2022, and ‘Food Refusal, Anorexia and Soft Paternalism: What's at Stake?’ Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 2021.
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Luigi Pastore, luigi.pastore@uniba.it
Luigi Pastore is Associate Professor at the Department of Education, Psychology, Communication of the University of Bari, Italy. His main interests are in phenomenology, philosophy of mind, and critical thinking. He is a co-founding member and managing editor of the journal Rivista internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia. He was visiting fellow at the Universities of Bremen, Cologne, Cardiff, and Thessaloniki. Together with Sara Dellantonio he authored a book entitled “Internal perception. The Role of Bodily Information in Concepts and Word Mastery” (2017) as well as several papers on emotion theory, emotional awareness, feelings, and alexit
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Sara Dellantonio, sara.dellantonio@unitn.it
Sara Dellantonio is Associate Professor at the Dept. of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences of the Univ of Trento, Italy. Her main interests are in philosophy of psychology and in the epistemology of the cognitive sciences. She is a co-founding member and a member of the editorial board of the Jnl “Rivista internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia”. Together with Luigi Pastore she authored a book on “Internal perception. The Role of Bodily Information in Concepts and Word Mastery” (2017). She has published a number of articles & book chapters on emotion theory, emotional awareness, alexithymia, epistemic feelings, beliefs and critical thinking.
Articles (5 in this collection)
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Teasing Apart the Roles of Interoception, Emotion, and Self-Control in Anorexia Nervosa
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
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