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Philosophical Psychopathology

Philosophy without Thought Experiments

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  1. Garry Young

    1. Nottingham Trent University, UK

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-8

  3. The Role of Consciousness in Intentional Action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Philosophical Issue 1: Conscious Inessentialism

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      Pages 11-24

    3. Blindsight and Other Visuomotor Pathologies

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      Pages 25-41

    4. Philosophical Issue 2: What Makes an Action Intentional?

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      Pages 42-56

    5. Anarchic Hand

      • Garry Young
      Pages 57-73

    6. Alien Control

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      Pages 74-90

    7. Philosophical Issue 2 Revisited: The Conscious Decision to Act and Free Will

      • Garry Young
      Pages 91-98

  4. Thought, Subjectivity and Rationality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Philosophical Issue 3: What Makes a Thought My Thought?

      • Garry Young
      Pages 101-111

    3. Thought Insertion

      • Garry Young
      Pages 112-125

    4. Philosophical Issue 4: What Is It to Be Rational?

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      Pages 126-135

    5. The Capgras Delusion

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      Pages 136-149

    6. The Cotard Delusion

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      Pages 150-158

  5. Knowledge How and Epistemological Reduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Philosophical Issue 5: Ryle’s Dichotomy and the Intellectualist Challenge

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      Pages 161-172

    3. Visuomotor Pathologies Revisited

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      Pages 173-182

    4. Epilogue

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      Pages 183-184

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 185-207
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About this book

This book uses rare pathologies to inform questions on topics such as consciousness and rationality. Rather than trying to answer these by inventing far-fetched scenario or 'thought experiments', it is better to utilize a rich but under-used clinical resource.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Nottingham Trent University, UK

    Garry Young

About the author

Garry Young is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK. He is the author of Ethics in the Virtual World: The Morality and Psychology of Gaming, Delusional Misidentification and Transcending Taboos: A Moral and Psychological Examination of Cyberspace (co-authored, M.T. Whitty).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Philosophical Psychopathology

  • Book Subtitle: Philosophy without Thought Experiments

  • Authors: Garry Young

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137329325

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-32931-8Published: 06 November 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-46053-3Published: 01 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-32932-5Published: 07 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 207

  • Topics: Psychopathology, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Psychology

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