Recent developments in philosophy of mind and psychopathology
Current Opinion in Psychiatry July 30, 2010 DOI: 10.1097/yco.0b013e32833d41ed (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Citations | 3 |
| Key findings | Argues that psychiatry should work with philosophers of mind to address how mind and brain produce psychiatric symptoms, citing recent findings on anxiety predictors, agency, self-ownership, extended mind, and moral sensitivity. |
Abstract
Purpose: OF REVIEW: This review covers recent books and articles on the perennial problem of how mind and brain work together to produce psychiatric symptoms. RECENT
Findings: Discussed in this article are research on predictors of anxiety disorders, evidence relating to agency and sense of self-ownership, the extended mind hypothesis, and brain differences in genders of moral sensitivity. SUMMARY: Advances in brain sciences continue, but psychiatry would do well to work with philosophers in the field of philosophy of mind.