Exploring the soul as a psychophysical process, this book delves into its significance in mental representation and agency. Authors Grant Gillett and Walter Glannon merge contemporary neuroscience with philosophical insights, drawing on Aristotle's hylomorphism to present a dynamic view of the brain. They argue that the soul is shaped by biological, social, and cultural influences, offering a nuanced understanding that emphasizes its role in adaptive behavior rather than reducing it to mere neurological functions.
This open access book is a systematic update of the philosophical and
scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and
healthcare.
Diskurzívna psychológia je vyvrcholením viacerých nezávislých prúdov, ktoré vychádzajú z prác G. H. Meada a L. Vygotského. Zahŕňa v sebe aj také súčasné smery, ako je etnometodológia či etnogenetika. Táto kniha sa pokúša vysvetliť základné princípy a niektoré výsledky diskurzívnej psychológie zrozumiteľným spôsobom.
Medical Ethics is a practical introduction to the ethical questions that doctors and other health professionals are likely to encounter during their working lives. This third edition retains the overall format of the second (published in 1997), and is divided into three parts, dealing with ethical foundations, clinical ethics, and medicine and society. There are new chapters on organ transplantation (including zeno transplantation and stem cells), and innovative and unorthodox therapies. It also features sections on autopsies, brain death, cloning and the human genome project. Other chapters examine the beginning and end of life, ethical questions surrounding the human body and human tissue, confidentiality and AIDS, justice and health care, genetic technology, research ethics, cultural aspects of medicine, and ethics, medicine and the law. Each chapter presents a wide range of viewpoints, drawing on traditional philosophical responses as well as the most recent contemporary perspectives. Theoretical discussion is illustrated with case studies and examples, which are suitable for use in both private study and group discussion. Medical Ethics is a non-technical guide to the subject, written with the needs of medical students and practitioners in mind. It will also appeal to students and practitioners of allied health professions, as well as to all users of health care services.
Grant Gillett argues that understanding mental illness requires more than just biological models; it necessitates an exploration of our social interactions. He emphasizes that human mental disorders stem from social rule-following, power relations within cultural norms, and how our mental lives are shaped by cumulative encounters with others. Drawing on philosophy of mind, epistemology, post-modern continental philosophy, and philosophy of language, Gillett elucidates psychiatric phenomena related to thought, perception, emotion, moral sense, and action. His chapters analyze significant psychiatric disorders such as depression, attention deficiency, autism, schizophrenia, and anorexia. Additionally, Gillett delves into memory, identity, hysteria, rational behavior, and the labeling of individuals as psychopaths or deviants. This insightful work offers crucial perspectives on the origins and nature of psychosis and has important implications for understanding and treating psychiatric disorders. It will engage researchers and postgraduate students across various fields, including psychiatry, bioethics, philosophy of mind, social theory, and clinical psychology, as well as practicing psychiatrists.
