PHIL 2540 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Dementia Praecox, Moral Agency, Designer Drug
27 Nov 2016
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Contributed ti the philosophical understanding of mental disorders/illness. Philosopher of mind: being conscious, what it is to know something, what it is to know one is conscious of oneself and other things in the world. Philosophy of psychiatry and the mind: how mental illness can a ect consciousness. Analyze mental illness through interdisciplinary approach: philosophy of mind, neuroscience, psychology and moral philosophy. Normative - the ought s and should s, ethics: their moral agency. Dualist philosophy: mental on one hand and physical on the other. Mental illness was the result of supernatural forces: punishment for sin. Treatment forced individuals to choose moral and rational: coerced or subjected to violence. Kraepelin - german medical doctor: rst mental disorder taxonomist. Identi ed 3 basic mental disturbances: depressive illness, paranoia, dementia praecox (schizophrenia) Treatment available for the rich, not the working class. Human action is shaped by unconscious mental activity. Expanded the scope of what was considered mental disorder.
