Mind, brain, and mental illness: an introduction to the philosophy of mind
Oxford Textbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry July 13, 2006 K W M Fulford, Tim Thornton, George Graham
Abstract Mental health practitioners—users of services and carers, nurses, general practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, etc.—claim a spe- cial expertise in the mental. The philosophy of mind should thus be, uniquely, their philosophy. Conversely, mental health practice, given the remarkable range of abnormal mental phenomena with which it is concerned, should be uniquely interesting to...