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101Defining mental disorder. Exploring the 'natural function' approachPhilosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 6 1-. 2011.Due to several socio-political factors, to many psychiatrists only a strictly objective definition of mental disorder, free of value components, seems really acceptable. In this paper, I will explore a variant of such an objectivist approach to defining metal disorder, natural function objectivism. Proponents of this approach make recourse to the notion of natural function in order to reach a value-free definition of mental disorder. The exploration of Christopher Boorse's 'biostatistical' accou…Read more
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136The epistemological value of depression memoirsi a meta-analysisIn K. W. M. Fulford, Martin Davies, Richard Gipps, George Graham, John Sadler, Giovanni Stanghellini & Tim Thornton (eds.), The Oxford handbook of philosophy and psychiatry, Oxford University Press. pp. 99. 2013.
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47Sub Specie Aeternitatis. An Actualisation of Wittgenstein on Ethics and AestheticsNordic Journal of Aesthetics 20 (38): 35-50. 2009.Normal 0 21 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This article will present an interpretation of Wittgenstein ’ s understanding of the relationship between ethics and aesthetics. In extension, it will inform recent discussions regarding a special kind of nonsensicality , which forms a central part of ethical and aesthetical expressions. Instead of identity between ethics and aesthetics, we should understand the relationship in terms of interdependence . Both attitudes provide a view sub s…Read more
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46Primary Goods, Contingency, and the Moral Challenge of Genetic EnhancementJournal of Value Inquiry 45 (3): 279-291. 2011.
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61Identifications, Volitions and the Case of Successful PsychopathsDialectica 69 (1): 87-106. 2015.While many profound philosophical questions arise about psychopaths, I wish to draw attention to two limitations in current debates. First, philosophers mainly deal with offender and forensic populations neglecting so-called ‘successful’ psychopaths. Second, philosophers mainly focus on the issue of empathy and responsibility, while relatively little attention is paid to volitional aspects. I address these two limitations together and argue that ‘successful’ psychopaths are volitionally constrai…Read more
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82Evolutionary psychiatry and depression: testing two hypothesesMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 15 (1): 41-52. 2012.In the last few decades, there has been a genuine ‘adaptive turn’ in psychiatry, resulting in evolutionary accounts for an increasing number of psychopathologies. In this paper, I explore the advantages and problems with the two main evolutionary approaches to depression, namely the mismatch and persistence accounts . I will argue that while both evolutionary theories of depression might provide some helpful perspectives, the accounts also harbor significant flaws that might question their autho…Read more
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