Arthur Kronfeld's Psychological Approach to Neuropsychiatry: Philosophical Pretensions or Epistemological Perspicacity?
Yazan Abu Ghazal
Canadian bulletin of medical history = Bulletin canadien d'histoire de la medecine 2016 DOI: 10.3138/cbmh.33.2.166-27012015 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Historical analysis Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Keywords | Arthur kronfeld German psychiatry Diagnostic psychiatrique Intentionality Intentionnalité Interwar period Phénoménologie Psychiatric diagnosis Psychiatrie allemande Psychopathologie Psychopathology Période de l'entre-deux-guerres Schizophrenia Schizophrénie |
| Key points | Argues that Kronfeld developed a psychological analysis of the structure of intentionality underlying psychotic manifestations in his 1930 work, and that despite his standing as a leading theoretician of psychological psychiatry, psychiatrists from the 1930s to the present have shown a peculiar reluctance to engage with the concept of intentionality. |
Abstract
Arthur Kronfeld (1886-1941) was a major representative of the psychological approach to psychiatry during the interwar period. In his major work from 1930, Perspectives on Nervous and Mental Diseases (Perspektiven der Seelenheilkunde), Kronfeld developed a psychological analysis of the structure of intentionality underlying psychotic manifestations. Yet even though some consider Kronfeld to be perhaps the most outstanding theoretician of psychological psychiatry, psychiatrists from the 1930s to the present day have manifested a peculiar reluctance to deal with the concept of intentionality. This article will illustrate Kronfeld's scientific individuality through a survey of some important aspects of his biography, his philosophical background, and his psychiatric work.
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