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Development: Disorders of Childhood and YouthIn Jennifer Radden (ed.), The Philosophy of Psychiatry: A Companion, Oxford University Press. 2004.
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43Bridging the gap between philosophers of mind and brain researchers: The example of addictionMens Sana Monographs 9 (1): 193. 2011.Philosophers and psychologists have long tried to understand people's irrational behaviour through concepts such as weakness of will, compulsion and addiction. The scientific basis of the project has been greatly enhanced by advances in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. However, some philosophers have also been critical of the more general conclusions drawn by the scientists. This is especially true when scientific researchers start making claims that go to philosophical issues, such as fre…Read more
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73Medicating Children: The Case of RitalinBioethics 11 (3-4): 228-240. 1997.In response to recent concerns about the overmedication of children, this paper considers ethical and conceptual issues that arise in the issue of when children who are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder should be given stimulants such as the psychotropic drug Ritalin as part of their treatment. There is considerable resistance and worry about the possibility of overmedication. This is linked to the worry that the diagnosis of ADHD is overused, and the paper considers some r…Read more
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38When self-consciousness breaks: Alien voices and inserted thoughtsPhilosophical Review 110 (4): 623-626. 2001.Stephens and Grahamset themselves an apparently modest task, to understand why people who experience alien voices and inserted thoughts do not believe that they themselves are the source of these experiences. However, it soon becomes clear that there are many connected issues here. In eight short chapters, they address the phenomenology and ontology of consciousness, the phenomenology of alien voices, inserted thoughts, obsessive-compulsive thoughts and feelings, and other cases of unusual exper…Read more
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Daniel M. Wegner, The Illusion of Conscious Will Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 23 (4): 299-301. 2003.
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14Christine M. Korsgaard, The Constitution of Agency: Essays on Practical Reason and Moral Psychology Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 30 (2): 109-110. 2010.
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1TM Scanlon, Moral Dimensions: Permissibility, Meaning, BlamePhilosophy in Review 29 (4): 281. 2009.
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36Direct, fully intentional self-deception is also realBehavioral and Brain Sciences 20 (1): 123-124. 1997.An important way to become self-deceived, omitted by Mele, is by intentionally ignoring and avoiding the contemplation of evidence one has for an upsetting conclusion, knowing full well that one is giving priority to one's present peace of mind over the search for truth. Such intentional self-deception may be especially hard to observe scientifically.
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20Rae Langton , Sexual Solipsism: Philosophical Essays on Pornography and Objectification (review)Philosophy in Review 31 (4): 287-289. 2011.
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16Claudia Card , Confronting Evils: Terrorism, Torture, Genocide . Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 32 (4): 247-248. 2012.
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19When Self-Consciousness Breaks: Alien Voices and Inserted ThoughtsPhilosophical Review 110 (4): 623. 2001.Stephens and Grahamset themselves an apparently modest task, to understand why people who experience alien voices and inserted thoughts do not believe that they themselves are the source of these experiences. However, it soon becomes clear that there are many connected issues here. In eight short chapters, they address the phenomenology and ontology of consciousness, the phenomenology of alien voices, inserted thoughts, obsessive-compulsive thoughts and feelings, and other cases of unusual exper…Read more
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37The neuron doctrine in psychiatryBehavioral and Brain Sciences 22 (5): 846-847. 1999.Gold & Stoljar's target article is important because it shows the limitations of neurobiological theories of the mind more powerfully than previous philosophical criticisms, especially those that focus on the subjective nature of experience and those that use considerations from philosophy of language to argue for the holism of the mental. They use less controversial assumptions and clearer arguments, the conclusions of which are applicable to the whole of neuroscience. Their conclusions can be …Read more
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26Derek Bolton, What is Mental Disorder? An Essay in Philosophy, Science, and Values Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 29 (5): 318-320. 2009.
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Philosophical Practice (review)Journal of Mind and Behavior 23 (3): 321-324. 2002.Lou Marinoff's Philosophical Practice outlines the rise of the new profession of philosophical practice and argues that philosophy should aim to be more applicable to issues people face in their everyday lives. Marinoff is the President of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association, and author of Plato Not Prozac, and he has arguably managed to draw more attention to philosophical counseling than any other person in America
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