Integration and Causality in Enactive Approaches to Psychiatry.
Frontiers in Psychiatry July 4, 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.870122 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Integration Causality Autism spectrum disorder Levels |
| Key points | Argues that the integration problem in psychiatry can be approached through an enactive framework combining dynamical causation and a non-hierarchical notion of gestalt, yielding a three-fold method for exploring integration dynamics, with Autism Spectrum Disorder proposed as a test case. |
Abstract
In this paper I address what has been called the integration problem in psychiatry. This problem is tied to conceptions of causality and explanatory levels in our understanding of mind. I take an interdisciplinary enactive perspective to develop a 3-fold method for exploring the dynamics of integration, based on a concept of dynamical causation and a non-hierarchical (level-free) notion of gestalt. I also consider Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as a test case.
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