Title

That Way Madness Lies: At The Intersection Of Philosophy And Clinical Psychology

Keywords

Attribution theory; Clinical psychology; Cognitive therapy; Critical thinking; Depression; Despair; DSM-IV; Madness; Philosophy; Rationality

Abstract

I argue that philosophical practice is a clinically active and influential endeavor, with both positive (therapeutic) and negative (detrimental) psychological possibilities. Though some have explicitly taken the clinical aspects of philosophy into the therapeutic realm via the new field of philosophical counseling, I am interested in the clinical context of philosophers as philosophers, engaged in standard, philosophical pursuits. In arguing for the clinical implications of philosophical practice I consider the relation between philosophical despair and depression, the cognitive etiology of depression and other clinical disorders, selected DSM-IV entries, attribution theory, and cognitive therapy. © Metaphilosophy LLC and Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2004.

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Publication Title

Metaphilosophy

Volume

35

Issue

5

Number of Pages

661-674

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9973.2004.00343.x

Socpus ID

61049174986 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/61049174986

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