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36The 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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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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24Kognitive Theorie, mentale Repräsentationen und Emotionen. Philosophie und therapeutische PraxisDeutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 60 (6): 937-954. 2012.
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