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    Desde mediados del siglo XX ha aumentado progresivamente la incidencia y prevalencia de la depresión y se ha llegado a considerar que existe una epidemia de depresión. Los autores que han analizado esta idea consideran que la evidencia no avala tales extremos, pero señalan diferentes factores explicativos propios del desarrollo histórico de la psiquiatría, de su situación interna y de su relación con la sociedad. Tales explicaciones guardan similitud con las características propias de un proceso…Read more
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    The Limits of Reductionism in the Scientific Controversies of Pain
    In Ana Cuevas-Badallo, Mariano Martín-Villuendas & Juan Gefaell (eds.), Life and Mind: Theoretical and Applied Issues in Contemporary Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Sciences, Springer Nature Switzerland. pp. 41-66. 2024.
    This paper proposes a philosophical interpretation of scientific controversies in pain research and management by examining underlying philosophical notions. Pain scholars typically frame these disagreements within the dichotomy of Aristotelian versus Cartesian perspectives on pain. However, I contend that such a dichotomous interpretation overlooks crucial elements of twentieth-century discussions. I posit that the limits of reductionism is a central philosophical theme persisting across both p…Read more
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    Pain science and management have long grappled with significant conceptual challenges, particularly the differentiation of pain from nociception. This chapter addresses this challenge by adopting the framework of biological autonomy, which conceptualizes living systems as self-regulating entities dynamically interacting with their environments. From this perspective, pain emerges as a context-sensitive phenomenon that protects autonomy by guiding adaptive behavior and anticipating future threats…Read more