Malattia mentale come disfunzione biologico-evolutiva: meccanismi neurali, attività pertinenti ed effetti selettivi
Mental Illness as biological-evolutive Dysfunction: neural Mechanisms, pertinent Activities and selected Effects In this paper I discuss the naturalistic and objectivist concept of mental illness as biological dysfunction. I argue for the so-called selected effect accounts, as alternative to bio-st...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it
2016-12-01
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| Series: | S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scienzaefilosofia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/res710042_07-N-SIRGIOVANNI.pdf |
| Summary: | Mental Illness as biological-evolutive Dysfunction: neural Mechanisms, pertinent Activities and selected Effects
In this paper I discuss the naturalistic and objectivist concept of mental illness as biological dysfunction. I argue for the so-called selected effect accounts, as alternative to bio-statistical accounts. In order to reply to accuses of normativism, particularly ethical one, I defend a minimalist account according to which the term "function" should be understood as, if not replaced by, the mechanistic-evolutionary expression “evolutionarily pertinent activity”. |
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| ISSN: | 2036-2927 |