Epistemic and psychological benefits of depression

In this thesis I propose a new way of understanding depressive illness as not exclusively harmful, but as related to particular, empirically evidenced, epistemic and pragmatic benefits for the subject, alongside the associated costs. For each of the benefits considered, I provide and concisely analy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Antrobus, Magdalena Anna
Published: University of Birmingham 2018
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.760402