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38The Elephant in the RoomPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 20 (2): 165-167. 2013.This Article is a response to thoughtful commentaries by Jennifer Radden (2013) and Louis A. Sass and Elizabeth Pienkos (2013) on my paper, which investigates the continuity between melancholia and depression. In the following, I address the challenges presented by the commentators and attempt to clarify and deepen my position. In my paper, I have explored the history of melancholia and depression with special emphasis on the question of their possible continuity—with the knowledge that any such…Read more
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31Introduction Emotional Experience in DepressionJournal of Consciousness Studies 20 (7-8): 7-8. 2013.
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1Pretence, Social Cognition and Self-Knowledge in AutismPsychopathology 44 (1). 2011.This article suggests that an account of pretence based on the idea of shared intentionality can be of help in understanding autism. In autism, there seems to be a strong link between being able to engage in pretend play, understanding the minds of others and having adequate access to own mental states. Since one of the first behavioral manifestations of autism is the lack of pretend play, it therefore seems natural to investigate pretence in order to identify the nature of the central impairmen…Read more
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25Kognitive Theorie, mentale Repräsentationen und Emotionen. Philosophie und therapeutische PraxisDeutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 60 (6): 937-954. 2012.
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Expression, Self-Knowledge and Authority: Wittgenstein and SubjectivityFilozofia 63 (9): 830-839. 2008.
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75Winnicott, symbolic play, and other mindsPhilosophical Psychology 24 (5). 2011.In this paper, I will attempt to follow Winnicott's thoughts on the intrinsic connection between symbolic play and the way we understand other minds. Phenomenological, conceptual and empirical difficulties in the account will be presented and taken into consideration. Winnicott's account proves to be a fruitful guide into the issue and can help us clarify impaired symbolic play in autism
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98Critical Theory and the Two-Level Account of Recognition -Towards a New Foundation?Critical Horizons 11 (1): 19-33. 2010.Axel Honneth makes initial and promising steps towards what could be called a two-level account of recognition, according to which the normatively substantial forms of recognition represent various manners in which the primordial acquaintedness with others is expressed. It will be argued that Honneth's promising approach must be revised in regard to the issue of intentionality, which may be achieved by reference to earlier critical theorists such as Adorno and Arendt. With such a foundation, cri…Read more
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